Compromise

Learning to compromise is the answer to having successful relationships. Many people think it is good to have their own way, but they fail to understand it may not be if they are not the only ones involved. You can have your own way when the decisions being made only has to do with you.

I knew a couple who were married over 13 years. Their marriage began to falter and they both knew why, but neither one was willing to give the other what they wanted. They divorced. The female in the relationship didn't realize until a year after they had been divorced what she could have done to make the marriage better. "All he wanted me to do was cook once a week. I just didn't feel like it. I didn't realize how much it meant to him."

No, what she didn't do was care. She forgot her vows. She forgot the man she married was the man she claimed she wanted to please. Instead, she felt entitled to more than she was willing to give.

Remember this, you get what you give out of life. What comes around goes around. What goes up, must come down. Most often, you have to give what you want to get out life. That's how it works. Always have, always will.

The next time you are unwilling to compromise remember that you will pay for it, sometimes sooner, than later.