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I think one of the best things I learned as a husband is not every problem needs to be solved right now.

Sometimes it's best just to kind of observe, feel the emotion, let things slow down a bit.

And I'm John Fuller, along with Greg and Aaron Smalley, who lead the focus on the family marriage team.

Greg, slowing it down.

You've talked about this kind of recently on the show here, but how does that work?

How does slowing down the emotions affect an argument?

Well, first of all, the benefit, the beauty of slowing down is that keeps things from escalating

because so many times

if I just start to say something if I'm reacting to Aaron if I'm you know quizzing her debating

whatever it is that that's never going to lead to a good place and it's going, who do I want to be in this moment?

Who has God created me to be? And what do I need to do to be more like that person that I want

to be? Like, as Aaron's husband, I love to be open. I love to be understanding. It feels

really good to me when I can listen and care this morning.

Aaron was sharing about, you know, just a hard night of sleep.

And I just, I took a moment to go, oh, man, I hate that.

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