When you’re slogging through a difficult situation, whether it’s a job you hate, recovering from an addiction of any sort, a health crisis, or a husband whose idea of humor is unrepeatable anti-religious jokes*, it’s important to keep it in perspective. The question to ask yourself is not, “Can I do this every day for the rest of my life?” That’s too overwhelming and a great way to get yourself put in a straitjacket. I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like an improvement to me.
No, the question to ask yourself is, “Can I do this just one more day?”
And each time I say yes, it’s a little victory.
*I don’t mean to imply that DH does this all the time. There was one recently that got under my skin and precipitated a mini-argument, thus the blog post.
It is hard to change those who do not believe to become more respectful to those of us who do. Maybe you can pray for guidance as to how to talk to him or perhaps you have to simply ask him not to tell those jokes in your presence since it offends you. It would be a start if he respected that wish.
Good thoughts. The argument was partly caused by me telling him I didn’t like the joke he forwarded; maybe turning the other cheek is the best course of action.
This has been among the worst weeks at work for me in the 5 years that I’ve worked at this company. I’ve been telling myself just this every day, just gotta get through today, just gotta get through today. Very insightful!