Day 2

Here I am nearing the end of day 2 and I have to say, I had to keep reminding myself to think selflessly today. I'm not feeling well and normally that would seem to give me an excuse to be "me" focused and expect everyone else to be focused on me as well. But I thought about how God never takes a day off from loving us. No matter what He loves us every moment of every day. I think of all the times I so didn't deserve His love, yet, it was always there and I know it will always be there. I want my husband to feel that way. That no matter what happens I will always love him and always be there. Isn't that what we want from our spouses? Jim was a sweetheart, so it wasn't difficult to follow through with the dare again today. Again, I had to keep from speaking once or twice because what I would have said would have been negative. The added part of the dare today was to do something do at least one gesture as an act of kindness for my husband. I chose to offer to cut his hair. It may not seem like much, but life is so busy he usually has to ask several times before I get to it. And on a day like to day, when I'm not feeling well, he wouldn't have even asked. I know he wanted it done and although the day was packed with things to do and places to go, I chose to put him first. He didn't say anything, but I know he appreciated it. I can already feel the difference in the way we're interacting with each other. I'm really getting joy out of making my husband feel loved, because he is, and its about time I showed him. I also set up a tv tray for him for dinner and made some of his favorites. It's a little thing, but something I usually don't do. I guess that's what I'm realizing, its all those little things we did for each other when our love was new, that we just don't take the time or effort to do anymore. I'm choosing to make the effort because he's worth it.

Kim