Sure, Love isn't but I am! Its funny because this book hit it right on the head. It wasn't talking about the kind of jealous you would think. It was speaking of not being jealous of your spouse. His or her achievements, success, having a good day and so on. I tend to get jealous if Jt comes to tell me a story about something he is doing at work that he is all pumped up and excited about, for example, right now he is working on improving the "gym" area at his station. He loves the fitness thing and staying focused on his health. He also makes sure to do his absolute best in this aspect. So he was telling me a story yesterday about how he found mirrors to put up on the wall. He was going to get them and drop them by the station. This is where my jealousy comes in. I become jealous of his success and happiness because i take it in my own little twisted head and think wow sure wish you could be excited about us like that. Or I wish you would be as excited about HOME improvement as you are about work improvement. In this situation I chose to think before I spoke and when I really thought about it I realized I really am happy for him! I am happy he has a good place to stay fit and healthy in order to perform his job safely and come HOME to his family. I am happy that he has something that he enjoys.
The challenge for this day was to take your depreciation list and discreetly burn it. LOL um read the title of the blog people I am married to a firefighter there is no such thing and discrete. I chose to instead just discard of it! I know how to pick and chose my battles and THAT is not one I care to try and explain, hahaha. Then share with your spouse a success he or she recently enjoyed. I chose to share the feelings I had about his gym at work. After doing this and choosing (I really think a lot of this book is making choices toward the good, making better choices) to stay focused on the positive and happy I really had a great day! I think the here is that there are pros and cons in any situation its what you choose to focus on that counts and makes the difference! The book said this... If you dont diffuse you anger by learning to love others, you may eventually plot against them. The bible says that envy leads to fighting, quarreling, and every evil thing. Thanks for reading Ill be posting Days 9 and 10 shortly.
LT
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