2014 is going to be a year full of complements. I am fairly analytical and sometimes find myself in a less-than-admirable habit of pointing out the flaws of my significant other. She, like I, am a flawed human and thus an easy target for critique. It's been said that the easiest way to quit a bad habit is by replacing it with a new one. Lest you misunderstand, it's not that our marriage is teetering on the verge of a precipice; this is by no means a last ditch effort to save something from destruction. Rather, I recognize that our marriage is a beautiful relationship that is worth every effort to cherish and nurture, and I want 2014 to be good for us. Especially, I want it to be good for her.
My new years resolution is thus to give my wife a meaningful compliment every day of the year.
For it to be meaningful, it must come with some degree of thought and sincerity. While this means I will always be trying to recognize new ways that my wife is wonderful, it does not mean I will never repeat the same compliment. Sometimes, the same wonderful things about a person deserve to be praised again and again. I will not delude myself into thinking that every day I will be able to come up with something marvelous to say about my wife. Life gets busy and the mundane routine of our daily grind can sometimes wear down one's energy for creativity and sincerity. Nonetheless, I've heard that where our thoughts are, there will our heart be also. And if I can make time to specifically think every day about why I love why wife and why she is a good person, good things will surely come.
I will blog every day about the complements I give my wife, and maybe a little bit more about how things are going. Time will tell what ends up happening, but I hope what happens over the following year becomes living proof of the following moral: be nice to your wife.
