Day 33--Recognition

Yeah, great stuff. Today's dare revolved around me recognizing that Kendra is an essential part of my life and that we have decisions that should be made together. No more island mentality. It asked for specific areas that I could let her give input into my decisions. I can think of several areas, such as tactics we use to discipline our children, what I'm going to do for work after I get down with my current job, how we are going to grow our USANA business, what types of events would be beneficial for me to have for our church men's ministry. In the past I might have made these decisions without focusing on Kendra's input. Now I can admit that it "feels" better when I talk with her about options. No where is this more apparent than with her business. As I've stepped into working with USANA I've realized that I'm the one who doesn't have experience. I'm the one who thinks I know things but really doesn't have a plan to make things work. So I'll chose to get her input and use it to make my plans. Even tonight we had a discussion about this subject and I was able to get clear with her on what my plans were. She didn't fully agree with them and we were able to come to a common agreement. Not difficult, no arguing, no fighting, just Chad admitting that I don't have all the answers and giving Kendra credit for being very good at what she does. Since I have ingnored her input in the past, I apologized for making her feel less than honored. I've resolved to give her full access to my plans and to please ask me to clarify my intentions when I declare that I have plans. It's a powerful place to come from when I recognize how impressive my wife is, how loving, how graceful, how womanly, how honest, how virtuous, how respectful, how selfless. Only a woman who truly loves her Lord would have a list of qualities like this. Thank you Kendra for making God a priority in your life and giving him the keys to your heart. You Rock!