a story ... I LIKE U AS U ARE... try to accept situations and people, as they are

[Guest guest]

> >A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All

> >of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to

> >partake of the festivities and celebrations. A wonderful time was had by

> >all. The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was

> >very dashing in his black tuxedo.

> >Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

> >

> >

> >A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal: " I

> >read in a magazine, a while ago, about

> >how we can strengthen our marriage. " she offered. " Each of us will write

> >a list of the things that we

> >find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how

> >we can fix them together and make

> >our lives happier together. " The husband agreed, so each of them went to

> >a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them

> >about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the

> >day and wrote down what they came up with.

> >

> >The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would

> >go over their lists. " I'll start, " offered the wife. She took out her

> >list. It had many items on it enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she

> >started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that

> >tears were starting to appear in her husbands eyes.

> >

> > " What's wrong? " she asked. " Nothing " the husband replied, " keep reading

> >your lists. " The wife continued to read until she had read all three

> >pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded

> >her hands over top of it.

> >

> > " Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of

> >our lists. " She said happily. Quietly the husband stated, " I don't have

> >anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are.

> >I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful

> >and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you. "

> >

> >

> >The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and

> >his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

> >

> >In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and

> >annoyed. We don't really have to go looking for them. We have a

> >wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise.

>

 

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With warm regards,

 

Lalita