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My insight for this week: I’m celebrating 26 years of marriage this month, and I’m thinking back to before I was married. My dad who, at that time, had himself been married for about twenty-five years told me that if I always put my wife first in my life and she always put me first in her life, then we would get along well and we would have a good marriage.
And you know what? That’s true. The times when we’ve had trouble in our marriage has been when one or the other struggled with putting the other person first. Whether that was forgiveness that was necessary or patience or humility, it was always that challenge with self.
And of course, it gets back to the Golden Rule. If we treat other people in our lives the way we want to be treated in all circumstances- in good times and in bad, when we’re healthy, when we’re sick- things won’t be perfect, but you will survive and, even better, you’ll have the chance to grow.
So, my insight for this week is thinking about this simple but powerful statement shared with us by Our Lord and put into simpler, maybe practical words by my father about twenty-six years ago. I hope this has been helpful. Have a great day, and God bless you.