Compliments

Have you ever considered that paying a compliment to your spouse can end up benefiting you as much as it benefits them?  Consider this quote from Russell M Nelson: "As grateful partners look for the good in each other and sincerely pay compliments to one another, wives and husbands will strive to become the persons described in those compliments."  What an easy way to improve your marriage.  Strive to compliment your spouse every day. 

Your Greatest Contribution

It seems today there are many people who feel scared, angry and pessimistic about the future.  I often hear others complain loudly that their future looks bleak because of factors that are outside of their personal control (for example, someone you dislike may have won an election).  The thing I want everyone to know is that you are in control of your own personal happiness.  Your happiness does not depend on a political leader or party.  Your happiness does not depend on your income or your possessions.  Your happiness does not depend on your marital status, or on your spouse.  You can choose to be happy no matter what is going on in your life.  You can choose to love your spouse no matter how they act.  You can choose to love even when it is hard, and you feel very discouraged.  You are in control of your own future and your own happiness.  Only you.  The best possible contribution you can make to society is to have a happy, stable, loving marriage.  If everyone made that their priority, just think what a difference it would make in our society! But since you can only control you, let's start by thinking about what a difference that would make in your life.  If you made your marriage your top priority, and put every effort into making your marriage happy, how would your life be different?  How would your marriage be different?  How would it affect your children?  How would it affect your spouse?  Instead of grumbling about things that are outside of our control, let's decide to improve something that we can control.  Let's protect and honor and save our marriages.  That will impact not only ourselves and our families, but our whole society as well. Be the change you want to see in the world!!  This post was inspired by the quote:

 "If I could tell my generation one thing about marriage, it would be that marriage is your project for the world.  YOUR GREATEST POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE IS LIKELY YOUR FAMILY, not your occupation."  ~Josh Craddock, The Stream