A Deeper Look At Marriage and Finance Issues: Priorities
My wife and I have a great marriage. I’m not going to lie: she’s awesome and I’m truly blessed to be married to her. She’s got patience, talent, intelligence and determination. I could list off a long series of qualities she has, but I’ll spare you the reading time because this blog isn’t about how much I love my wife. However, we do have disagreements at times about where our money should go. Not severe disagreements, but disagreements about how our priorities fall. I always find that the resolution doesn’t come from a technique that you can master to get what you want. The resolution that comes comes from a character trait that I have had to cultivate, one that is against every single strain in my pride, but critical to success: humility.
- Humility is a requirement for priorities because you have to admit it when you’re priority is selfish.
- Humility is a requirement for priorities because you have to love your spouse enough to think of your spouse first, or at least as a higher priority than finances!
- Humility is important because if you have children they need to see that a strong leader is humble and not harsh or dogmatic.
- Humility is a critical tool when it comes to dealing with conflict. Own your mistakes. Apologize for them and move on to resolution of priorities.
There are very few things that I can think of that have been more valuable (with the exception of my faith). Humble priority setting will help keep your marriage focused on the things that matter, keep things growing, and keep your marriage hat like dynamite.
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