Sometimes in life, you need to take a step back and think before you speak. That took me a long time to learn. Thanks to a lot of talks, tears and heartfelt conversations with DayLynn I’m doing so much better in that department. I realize that in hindsight I started a lot of my downpours in my daily home life and how just taking a step back from things and controlling yourself, calming yourself down and speaking kind words and choosing kind actions makes all the difference in the world. I’m truly proud of the mom and wife I’m turning into on a daily basis. I truly have my BFF, my sister to thank for that. Love her with all my soul. Sometimes other people’s insight on things just tie things together in your own personal life.
This is just something I wanted to share with everyone because I caused so many fights with my husband and I’m just seeing with the simple advice I received from my girlfriend my life has changed for the better.
Now I make mental notes of when fights occur, how I handle them and how they started and I just realize that I’m doing an amazing job at cherishing every moment I have with my sons and husband and anger is a choice and one the I have not been choosing lately. We all know that anger is a healthy emotion depending on how it is expressed and I have been choosing the healthy side of anger anymore.
Just remember anger is a choice and the way you handle it is all in your hands.
Ride on, you brave honest traveller.
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I came to a very similar realization a while back as well, but approached from the opposite direction. My husband and I never fought. Neither of us wanted to argue. And even when one of us did try to bring up an issue, the other would shut down. After five years of marriage (seven together total), we almost divorced. After I moved out and he filed, when we had nothing left to lose, we both opened up and told each other everything we’d hated about our lives together. We agreed to try again, and I moved back in. That was four years ago. Now, we fight. When he makes me mad, I still hesitate to make sure I’m not blowing things out of proportion. But if I believe my anger is justified, I bring it up as calmly as I can. Even when things get ugly (not cussing or violent ugly, just not calm conversation either), we push through. We don’t walk away. We don’t shut down. Sometimes it’s takes quite a few minutes for us to work out what we need to say to each other, but handling anger the right way, as you said, is absolutely necessary.
Whew, didn’t mean to write so much. Your post just really resonated with me. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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