What’s the first thing you think of when you see (or hear or read) the word transform?
When I see that word I immediately think of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
But don’t worry. We are not about to start a deep discussion about butterflies. Pretty sure you knew that but I just wanted to be crystal clear.
Fun. Who doesn’t like having fun?
But let me ask you this.
Are you having fun in your marriage?
What are the keys to a successful marriage?
Are there certain things that absolutely need to be happening in order for a relationship to qualify as a success?
I wish those questions had simple and straight forward answers.
I wish there was a marriage checklist that made things nice and easy.
But here’s the deal.
Good days. Bad days.
I’m sure we could all say we have had both.
What comes to mind when you think about how to have a good day?
Here is a better question for you.
You don’t just want to get married, you want to stay married.
We can all agree on that, right?
That’s where these things my marriage needed more of come in.
Picture your marriage as a plant and these tips are the water! They will keep your marriage plant standing tall and strong.
Marriage.
No one teaches you how to be married.
I mean, there are lots of things out there meant to prepare us for marriage. But nothing can compare to real hands-on experience.
I’m going to start this off by telling you something I’m not very proud of.
Change.
What comes to mind when I say that word?
What about the question of how to embrace change?
Let’s get right down to it.
This is all about you handling changes rather than changes handling you.
Want. Get. Two simple words.
But these simple words can carry a lot of power in life.
Think about how many times we say those words. So many times!
But this is about not just saying the words.
This is about actually discovering how to get what you want!
Before we talk about how to get your marriage back on track, let me ask you a couple of questions.
Yep, we are starting with questions.
One of these questions is simple and straight forward.
The other question is simple too but it’s more about my curiosity.
Marriage can often seem like a big picture idea.
But it is time to rethink that. That’s where these little ways to work on your marriage every day come into play.
My marriage improved by leaps and bounds when I started to view it as a small picture journey.
When I started to really pick apart the day to day interactions, that’s when the big changes started happening.
