It All Boils Down To One Thing (standard:humor, 901 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 24 2024	Views/Reads: 52/16	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
If you walk down a path going to in certain destination, although, you both are going in the same direction but one can look to the left and the other to the right. It is the destination that is important.

Of all the things I have learned, one has made a difference in my life. 

I hear stories about how married couples are unhappy. Today, something
must be wrong with you if you haven't been divorced and remarried five 
times. 

I always figure that the person who has been married five times hasn't
learned anything from their first four marriages. They're going to 
repeat the same mistakes, over and over. 

Somebody should pass a law forbidding people to be stupid. Why does
stupidity seem to run our country? If we would forbid stupidity, we 
would have no politicians screwing up our country, but then, is that 
bad? 

Being married has been a long journey for both The Gracious Mistress of
the Parsonage and her fantastic husband. We celebrated 53 years of 
marriage. 

There have been some stress points in our marriage, although at this
point, I can't remember one. That's why it's important to forget things 
when you get older. But our marriage has been a wonderful ride in the 
park—I just can't remember which park. 

After 53 years of marriage, I have discovered that true happiness boils
down to one thing. Discovering that one thing is a treasure of gold. 
Most people have never discovered this one thing, which is why their 
lives are not happy. 

I know five marriage counselors, and each have been divorced and
remarried at least three times. You would think they would understand 
what makes a marriage happy and pleasant. I wouldn't see those five 
marriage counselors for any advice. 

This came to me about a month ago. I was talking to a young man who
asked me about our marriage secret. I had to tell him that we had no 
secrets. Then it occurred to me what our marriage's driving point was. 
I had discovered one important secret. 

It all boils down to one point: how many married couples are happy? If
only one is happy, it is not a good marriage. If both are happy, well, 
you know the answer. 

The explanation of what happy means will help us understand this whole
scenario. 

For some people, being happy means they are always right and always get
what they want, when they want it. 

My mother used to say when I would ask her if she was alright. "No,
son," she would say with a smile, "I'm half left." 

Then she would say, “If we were to be right all the time, why did God
give us a left hand?” 

So, to be happy, I don't necessarily have to be right all the time. I
don't always have to have everything my way. Sometimes I do need that 
left hand for balance. 

Looking back over my life, if I had everything my way, I would be in so
much trouble today that I'm not sure I could get out of it. My way 
hasn't always the important way. It's hard to acknowledge that. 

If the wife is happy, then I'm happy. If the wife is not happy, I'm in
serious trouble. 

The important aspect of marriage is discovering what makes the other
person happy. Once I figured that out, everything was a ski-ride down 
the mountains. 

When you first marry, you don't know what makes the other person happy
or sad. It's a learning experience and you better get busy studying 
this subject before you get married. 

The only rocky point in our marriage had to do with "broccoli." She has


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