Thanks Pam, I know you are absolutely right...sitting tight has actually never NOT paid off for me, exactly the opposite of "letting loose" , I must say.

I have to admit that the ability to "sit tight" is not one of my more developed skills. You never would have guessed that, huh?

ah, you know, the thought just popped into my head of an example of when "sitting tight" really paid off, and I was so glad I did, it happened pretty recently and I was so glad I did. I meant to post about it here, but don't believe I did.

For maybe the last year, I have been secretly steamed because I was not able to find a shelf I bought for S's room, it was out in the garage still in a box...I looked and looked and became convinced H gave it to ow...I was really po'd about it...but I NEVER SAID A WORD in all this time, although periodically I'd look for it and get steamed all over again. Well, about a month ago, I found it, moved to a different corner of the garage and under some garden stuff. I have no clue how it got THERE of all places, but from the amount of dust on the unopened box, I'm sure it has been there for a long long time.

Same thing with a tie-out cable for our big dog...we had it for when we took him on vacation with us...it disappeared, I couldnt find it no matter how hard I looked. I was convinced H gave THAT to ow because he talked at one point about what brats her dogs were and how much trouble they caused. Never said a word about that either, and it showed up about the same time as the shelf, in an out of the way spot in the storage barn.

I could have really made things BAD with accusations and anger and fit throwings. H would have been so furious, I would not have believed him no matter WHAT he said (unless of course he "confessed"), we would have both become angry and resentful towards the other, and it would have given him a good strong shove back towards ow. THANK YOU LORD FOR HELPING ME KEEP MY LIP ZIPPED with those!!!!


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