Saturday, December 8, 2007

Marriage

In honor of a very special person on her wedding day I offer these words of advice:

1. Passion is good, but compassion is great.
2. Admit it when you are wrong.
3. Bite your tongue.
4. Be the first to say, "I'm sorry."
5. Be quick to forgive--even when you don't want to.
6. Don't put yourself first.
7. Appreciate your spouse.
8. Allow your differences to compliment each other.
9. Don't walk out on an argument--work it out.
10. Bite your tongue.
11. You are not always right--and that's ok.
12. Share control, don't dominate.
13. Don't use the words "you never," or "you always," when arguing.
14. Compromise, compromise, compromise.
15. Did I say, "Bite your tongue?"
16. Treat your spouse as the most important person in the world--even when they don't deserve it.
17. Spend time alone together.
18. Don't forget to date each other.
19. Forget about yesterday's arguement--start today new.
20. Believe your spouse is the one you were meant to be with even if you doubt it sometimes.
21. Respect your spouse's opinion.
22. Be your spouse's #1 fan.
23. Don't make a big deal out of anything.
24. Depend on and trust each other.
25. Remember your spouse isn't perfect and neither are you.

Love you and congratulations.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You know your sister to a T! Thank you for your advice. I will refer to it everyday...of course when I can't get you on the phone! I love you, you are the BEST sister in the world..I don't know what I would do without you ;)