Author: Sharon Verrett
Learn Better Do Better Part II
Some things can be so simple in making life easier, when we
learn better and actually do better. Here's a short stories...
A few years back I owned my own business. I was doing some
cleaning before we opened. As I swept the outside of the front entrance, one of
the independent contractors asked, "Why are you sweeping the outside
entrance with the same broom you use to sweep the inside of the business?"
I replied, "We only have one broom and that is the way I’ve always done
it."
Well ...her point was outside germs are being brought inside
and as simple as her comment may have been. I thought about it deeper. Did I change the way I did things at the business?
No. I
just didn't feel like going to get another broom, we didn't live there, many
people travel in and out of the business all day and it just wasn't that
important for the success of the business. That was my way of thinking.
Nonetheless, I took the thought home, where I could use it
and I now have two brooms at home, though for many years I had one, because I
never thought about it.
Point for me was my house is where I live and my safe, clean
haven. I want it to be as germ free as possible. On the business aspect, people
are in and out all the time and there was no point. If the germs weren't on the
broom, surely they would be on their shoes.
In marriage, some things can enhance and does really matter,
while other things can enhance and really don't matter.
It is up to us to try to recognize and choose things that
are truly important in helping our marriages flourish and incorporate those
things into our lives.
When a point is brought to us (by our spouse) where things
matter, don't dismiss it or continue to do it because that is what you have
always done, without considering that there may be a better way.
Even if it is brought to us by others and it is nothing you
can use now, store it in your marital tool box to use later or whenever needed.
Information can be powerful in life and in our marriages. There is always something new to learn. The key is when we learn better we
should attempt to do better, if it works for you.
Successful marriages comes
from always being willing to enhance what you have and willing to learn something new .
No comments:
Post a Comment