The change agreement #1
I live with a reminder that people can change. We change weather we want to or not. I was reminded this week when I made spaghetti. I love mushrooms. I added a big can of sliced mushrooms to the pot. I was expecting a complaint when we ate. But my Hubby ate his dinner happily and didn't pick out one mushroom. When my husband and I first started living together he wouldn't eat anything. His pallet was a strict diet of hamburgers, mac and cheese, hot dogs and pizza. In the spirit of trying to please him I tried to cook what he liked. By the en
d of the first month I was at the end of my food roap. One french fry away from insanity. I needed REAL FOOD and I needed it now! So we talked and I told him this. We made a deal. He likes to say he accepted a deal so I wouldn't kill him. The Deal:
"I will try any new food you cook. I have to give it a real chance. No saying I don't like it before I try it. If I actually do not like the food we will find me something else to eat. We will know this dose not work for me and I do not have to eat it"
So We started trying all my favorite foods. No, Hubby was not happy. But thanks to the confines of our agreement he had to give them a go. In the end he truthfully didn't dislike half the foods he had been telling me. He simply had never tried them. These day he chooses to try new thing on his own. There are days he surprises me and will come to the table from the buffet with all new foods on his plate. Or try something wild at a restaurant. In the end he didn't just change what he eats but how he approaches new things. He grew accustomed to giving something a chance before he decides he dislikes it. We can all change given a chance. We can choose to change in ways that grow us. Ways that provide more experiences for us in life. Or we can let those changes be chosen for us and forced upon us. Why not make a change that will make your life better? Chose one today and write it down. Then list out the steps that feel like they will get you there. Start this path and you may find that it will make space for so much more than the small change you made. My husband agreed to change how he approached food and in the end changed how he approaches new things in his life.
Wishing you good changes.
Much love,
Goddess.
"I will try any new food you cook. I have to give it a real chance. No saying I don't like it before I try it. If I actually do not like the food we will find me something else to eat. We will know this dose not work for me and I do not have to eat it"
So We started trying all my favorite foods. No, Hubby was not happy. But thanks to the confines of our agreement he had to give them a go. In the end he truthfully didn't dislike half the foods he had been telling me. He simply had never tried them. These day he chooses to try new thing on his own. There are days he surprises me and will come to the table from the buffet with all new foods on his plate. Or try something wild at a restaurant. In the end he didn't just change what he eats but how he approaches new things. He grew accustomed to giving something a chance before he decides he dislikes it. We can all change given a chance. We can choose to change in ways that grow us. Ways that provide more experiences for us in life. Or we can let those changes be chosen for us and forced upon us. Why not make a change that will make your life better? Chose one today and write it down. Then list out the steps that feel like they will get you there. Start this path and you may find that it will make space for so much more than the small change you made. My husband agreed to change how he approached food and in the end changed how he approaches new things in his life.
Wishing you good changes.
Much love,
Goddess.
Here is a Change agreement for you.
This is a promise to your self to change something that will make your life more Pleasurable.
This is a promise to your self to change something that will make your life more Pleasurable.