The recent Olympics is just one story after the other of people who have pushed their body,mind and spirit to new levels all to represent their country to the best of their ability. I wish husbands and wives, would be that passionate about their relationship.
If we want to go for the GOLD in our marriage, we have to work hard and train everyday, sacrifice to show our spouse that nothing else matters but each other, and always shoot for the GOLD, because to even get the Silver or Bronze is still an accomplishment that most can’t say they pulled off.
Watching Micheal Phelps swim just points out that with the right preparation, we can win, we can break records doing it too, even when water gets in your goggles and your going thru the motions nearly blind. Phelps makes it look easy but he didn’t just show up in Beijing and say, “I’d like to swim please.” He’d been preparing since he was 11 to accomplish all that he has and now he’s the all-time great Olympic athlete. However, we show up on our wedding day saying, “I DO” and “I LOVE YOU” thinking that’s enough to make a marriage work.

You have to keep training for the next event, pushing your mind, body and spirit with passion like an athlete.

3 Ways to train like your out to win marriage medals is:

1. Find out what he/she loves that you do for HER/HIM and do that often. After a while it seems like an effortless thing to do.
2. Put the first affections of the day for your spouse. That means when you come home from work, when you wake up(and teeth are brushed…lol) it sets the tone for the day/night and helps keep romance around.
3. Practice!!! you have to run, swim, volley and throw to get good at any of them, so why not get good at things that make your spouse see the love that’s in your heart.

In Chinese the chant for GO! GO! is pronounced Jaiyou! We can say that the next time we need a pep talk to go after the GOLD in our Marriage.