Great list, Bets! My goal here is that we see in the black and white what might not be so bad and what flat out is not allowed in our marriages. The hope being, of course, that our lists of things to consider will cause the list of deal breakers to be non-issues.
I’m not very in practice when it comes to considering things that I clearly know I don’t want to happen. Just as my children do not WANT to go to bed, eat vegetables and share toys with their friends…yet my children don’t WANT to be tired, unhealthy and friendless either. Therefore, let’s challenge our thinking, challenge our wants, and see what is left over when we are done. That is to say, we’re gonna do some considering.
Sigh… Bets, to answer your hit me or hug me question - we don’t hit our friends. Hitting our friends is wrong and if you continue to hit them you will not have any left. Do I not say this enough throughout the course of a day that I have to say it to you too? We also do not bite them, kick them, pull their hair, snatch their toys or inform them where their eyes are roughly, for future reference!
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."
--Agnes Repplier, writer and historian
