The other evening, after a long and difficult day, I was sitting on the couch next to my wonderful wife. I was tried, but not feeling bad. My mood could best be defined as feeling content.
In a world that is all about adventure and happiness, I think contentment has fallen out of fashion. Now I’m all for adventure, excitement, new things, and being happy, but we can’t have any of those all the time. We can, however, learn to be content the vast majority of the time. We can learn to be okay with quiet moments and days when nothing spectacular happened. We can accept not feeling bad as being a good thing.
We can also work at being content in our marriage. That doesn’t mean we ignore problems or stop working on making our marriage better. It does mean being less demanding and being okay with a bit less now and then. Sitting together quietly is actually a great way to spend time together – give it a try!
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