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11/19/2013
Hello Dr. Laura,
I want to share something I think about almost everyday and it came from your program. I remember a letter you read and sobbed about on air probably about five years ago. The letter was from a woman talking about how irritated she had been with her slobby husband leaving clothes, socks and whatever all over the floor. Then her husband died; and now that he was gone she realized how insignificant the stuff all over the house really was. She said how much she wished she could have the socks back on the floor.
My wife is very untidy, leaving crap all over the house and it often drives me nuts. However, she stays home with our beauty one-year-old daughter and she really is a top notch mother and wife other than the crap all over the house! So, every time I feel fed up with the untidiness, I think back on this story and it instantly seems insignificant. Then I think about how much there is to be thankful for when you have a healthy, happy and loving wife and daughter to come home to everyday.
This whole idea can then be transferred to any aspect of one's life when insignificant events occur that cause irritation, anger, resentment, hostility etc. I know I find thinking like this helps calm me down and appreciate how great things really are.
Funny, as I finish this letter you have a woman on your program bitching about how materialistic she has become and how she's coming up with a bathroom renovation for her husband to do on the house. This is exactly what I am talking about…
Aaron
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