Well, today was the first day, and my goal was to refrain from saying anything negative to my spouse. Today is one of those days where we are like the proverbial ships passing in the night, and we spoke briefly on the phone and said our "Hello's" and "Goodbye's" quickly in between work and school. But during our conversations and brief time together, I did refrain from saying negative things. Even when he took the trash out and didn't put a new trash bag in the trash can and I opened it and dumped stuff in before I realized there was no bag.... :) I reminded myself to be thankful that he took out the trash - one of my least favorite chores - and gritted my teeth to myself while I dug the trash out of the bottom of the can to put in the new trash bag. Small, yes - a start, yes....
Tomorrow's challenge is added in addition to continuing today's goal of saying nothing negative to my spouse.
Day 2: Love is kind
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
—Ephesians 4:32
TODAY’S DARE
In addition to saying nothing negative to your spouse again today, do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness.
Tomorrow is another busy day, just a different schedule. Since I don't have class tomorrow night, I will be looking for something that I can do that he will see as an act of kindness. I'm not sure yet what it might be, but I can think of a few things to try - picking up his dry cleaning, leaving dinner in the oven, although he won't get home until close to 9pm, leaving a note on his pillow thanking him for being such a good father.....I'm sure there are a lot of things I can do to demonstrate in a small way that I love him through an act of kindness.
Do you have any ideas? I'd love to hear them!
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