Marriage Tip: Be Intentionally Grateful to Your Spouse
Try it. Don’t talk about it, think about it or put it off. Just be intentionally grateful about something, anything will really do, which is far better than nothing. Even if your spouse misunderstood your last comment, argued with you over something meaningless, made a thoughtless remark, or turned a casual comment into a lecture opportunity, show gratitude in a way that matters to them. It is not about finding the right moment, because it will never come. It is about creating the right moment in the mist of wrong moments to be grateful. You can be grateful by making a positive comment about your spouse not a passive aggressive sarcastic remark. You can be grateful by doing something for your spouse not doing something that you have asked them repeatedly to do and it still is not done. You can be grateful by giving something to your spouse not by giving them something that is really for you. You can be grateful by spending time with your spouse not by demanding your spouse spend time with you. You can be grateful by gently squeezing your spouse’s hand not by yanking their hand. So what are you waiting for, go be grateful to your spouse.
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