(For Monday July 21)
I am grateful when my husband and I are on the same page. That may seem kind of like an obvious Gratitude Attitude but it deserves some recognition. Too often I don't think about how grateful I am to be on the same page with him until we aren't and are at odds. Then I get grumbly. And it doesn't have to be all big things, it can be the little things as well - like pizza sauce. Tonight we were shopping for my cook group meals and pizza sauce was on the list. We aren't rich, heck we barely hit middle class, but we do our best to be wise consumers of food - i.e. non-GMO, organic, fair trade, etc. Tough to do but I especially am mindful of it. I passed by the organic, non-GMO pizza sauce and said I would pick it up at Target where the brand they sell is cheaper - in all ways. Lanny stopped me and said, "No, get the good stuff for you." This was a moment in which he was on my page with me and I really felt so grateful. Partly because it literally costs more to shop this way and Lanny hates spending money. So for him to jump on my page and agree we should spend a little more for our preferences was huge. I need to be more grateful for these moments when we are on the same page about anything - be it big or small or in between - and hopefully when we come to a time when our pages aren't the same I can use these times as a springboard to resolve the issue and come together once again.
I am grateful when my husband and I are on the same page. That may seem kind of like an obvious Gratitude Attitude but it deserves some recognition. Too often I don't think about how grateful I am to be on the same page with him until we aren't and are at odds. Then I get grumbly. And it doesn't have to be all big things, it can be the little things as well - like pizza sauce. Tonight we were shopping for my cook group meals and pizza sauce was on the list. We aren't rich, heck we barely hit middle class, but we do our best to be wise consumers of food - i.e. non-GMO, organic, fair trade, etc. Tough to do but I especially am mindful of it. I passed by the organic, non-GMO pizza sauce and said I would pick it up at Target where the brand they sell is cheaper - in all ways. Lanny stopped me and said, "No, get the good stuff for you." This was a moment in which he was on my page with me and I really felt so grateful. Partly because it literally costs more to shop this way and Lanny hates spending money. So for him to jump on my page and agree we should spend a little more for our preferences was huge. I need to be more grateful for these moments when we are on the same page about anything - be it big or small or in between - and hopefully when we come to a time when our pages aren't the same I can use these times as a springboard to resolve the issue and come together once again.
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