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Wives
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| Differences in character among human beings
is quite common. How often does one observe diverse personalities, yet
the best of friends. This happens all the time, among friends, relatives,
brothers and sisters, even husbands and wives. |
| A Priest during
his homily related a story in relation to the subject of forgiveness and
reconciliation. |
| A couple married
for many years, with grown up children, were near incompatibility. Not
a day passed without an argument, often ending in the silent treatment. |
| This went on
for years. Each year worsening the situation until finally the accusations
and complaints about each other had reached such a level that there was
downright unhappiness in the home. The husband would avoid coming home
early to avoid incessant arguments, while the wife would ignore him totally
to avoid further confrontations. |
| However, living
in the same house still caused many irritations in the home, for much as
they would try to avoid an argument, before they knew it were once again
at each other. |
| The wife, complaining
about the many faults of the husband, finally told him that she could no
longer live with him because of his character. The husband countered
with his own complaints on their life together. The argument got so vicious
that the wife, in tears, told her husband that if he really had any complaints
about her, she had more reason to complain because of his many faults. |
| The husband,
hurt by the accusations on his character, told his wife, if she had so
many things against him, to write it all down. The wife laughed, saying
that if she had to write down everything that was wrong with her husband
it would fill up a long, long page. |
| In turn, the
wife asked her husband, if he had any complaints about her, to write it
all down, and they would see who had the longer page listing down the faults
of the other. |
| They both sat
down and began to write on a long pad paper. As she wrote down all her
complaints, the wife was surprised to see that what she had to say about
him, was much more than a page it filled two pages! |
| Through with
their writing, the wife victoriously told her husband that his faults filled
up all of the two pages, not just one. Smiling, the husband asked her to
give him the two pages. Arguing again as to who gets to read the complaints
first, the wife asked the husband to give her his complaints first. The
husband handed her four pages. Furious as to what his complaints would
be, the wife snatched the pages angrily from his hands without giving him
her two pages for surely she would still be able to add more complaints
to outdo her husband's four pages. |
| As she opened
the four pages, her eyes grew wide, filled with emotion, she burst
into tears, tore up her two flimsy pages of complaints, lovingly went to
her husband and told him how sorry she was. |
| What had the
husband written that caused such a reaction from a previously hostile situation.
What was in the four pages. Throughout the four pages, the husband had
written one thing, over and over again. “I love you, I love you, I love
you....” |
| Till next issue, GLOW! |
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