Saturday, November 14, 2009

The Sister Challenge

Doing the Love Dare a 40 day Challenge to love our husbands better, to understand and practice unconditional love... w/my daughter and her friends....feels odd and voyeuristic and yet important....I am doing it alone while they have a community of women sharing the journey..I could add my 2 cents worth to their blog but like most things feel that would be about me and this...this feels like it could be about my husband....
In the intro it says: IF we are teachable, we will learn to do the one thing that is most important in marriage - to love....We dare you to think differently - choosing instead to lead your heart toward that which is best in the long run. This is a key to lasting, fulfilling relationships...

nothing new or earthshattering there but reading it I am excited....I feel teachable and I am committed to my husband so looking forward to the challenge....I desire w/Your help Abba to lead my heart to loving him and others w/out condition...

1 comment:

MaryAnn Mease said...

too coincidental!!
yesterday me and the hub had a tiff

i lamented...boo hoo...woe is me...woe is us
he is ....
while i am....

lamented to a friend
she took a while replying
in that time i felt God say...stop the lament...serve him...play it up big! surprise him!
it really goes in the face of things that have been going on...walls are being built.
God urged me to bust the wall and ignore what has been happening and MAKE something wonderful happen.

today my friend replied: why don't you forget about what has been happening and pull out a bit of lacey stuff and just have FUN!?!

uhm...
yah...
why not?

we didnt get to 24 years to build walls and let it all be divided!!
here here!! ignoring the past and pressing on to LOVE more and embrace the GIFT that we share...LIFE!

Aspirations for the here and now:

  • Ask way more questions than offer answers.
  • Be more spontaneous and outrageous, loving with an abandon that isn't about me.
  • Be who I am even if she is crazy and weird
  • Do a good deed for a stranger
  • Don't be afraid to dream
  • Enjoy more sunrises.
  • Enjoy my husband and family.
  • Everyone has a story, listen to them.
  • Find a dreaming friend
  • Go on a picnic with Dan
  • Go snorkeling again.
  • Hear You
  • Help someone
  • Hike/walk regularly
  • Learn to live more and more SIMPLE
  • Learn to live without 'blinking'
  • Learn to love, really love
  • Learn to say I'm sorry w/o a 'but'
  • Learn to, strive to, be 'other' centered
  • Learn what it is to BE a friend
  • Lose 20 more pounds and take another trip to LA
  • Love, love, love on my Grandkids
  • Make a new friend
  • Read MORE books, make the time to read
  • Take alot of photos and learn how to take better ones and share better the ones I take.

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