Monday, March 27, 2006
IMPROVING ME
We went to visit Karena's former co-worker Rod at the future site of his PT clinic in Woodland Hills. He recently purchased a property that he and his dad are comletely renovating themselves. It's amazing to see all the work they've already put in -- rewiring the entire electrical system of the house, removing walls, putting up other walls, tearing out the ceiling, removing a fireplace and the 24,000 pounds of brick that went with it, etc.
They are truly amazing people who are extremely capable and talented. But more then that, they truly genuinely care and love people. They crack jokes. They are awesome, jack-of-all-trades who are actually good at everything. Visiting with them inspired me to work on improving myself in multiple areas.
Sunday night, our Young Married Couples group gathered at our house for dinner and same-sex conversation about communication in our marriages. We like having people meet at our place because it forces us to clean up the house. Otherwise, we just let it fall by the wayside. Plus, we don't have to drive anywhere!
Anyway, two things I learned from our discussions is (1) Start your sentences with "I feel" so nobody gets blamed or accusted and (2) When Karena is complaining about something, ask, "Do you just want me to listen to you or do you want some feedback about how to respond?" Both are good tips. Afterwards, Karena and I talked well past midnight so that was helpful too. Hopefully, we can improve our communication and understand each other better.
We went to visit Karena's former co-worker Rod at the future site of his PT clinic in Woodland Hills. He recently purchased a property that he and his dad are comletely renovating themselves. It's amazing to see all the work they've already put in -- rewiring the entire electrical system of the house, removing walls, putting up other walls, tearing out the ceiling, removing a fireplace and the 24,000 pounds of brick that went with it, etc.
They are truly amazing people who are extremely capable and talented. But more then that, they truly genuinely care and love people. They crack jokes. They are awesome, jack-of-all-trades who are actually good at everything. Visiting with them inspired me to work on improving myself in multiple areas.
Sunday night, our Young Married Couples group gathered at our house for dinner and same-sex conversation about communication in our marriages. We like having people meet at our place because it forces us to clean up the house. Otherwise, we just let it fall by the wayside. Plus, we don't have to drive anywhere!
Anyway, two things I learned from our discussions is (1) Start your sentences with "I feel" so nobody gets blamed or accusted and (2) When Karena is complaining about something, ask, "Do you just want me to listen to you or do you want some feedback about how to respond?" Both are good tips. Afterwards, Karena and I talked well past midnight so that was helpful too. Hopefully, we can improve our communication and understand each other better.
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