Making Appreciation a Habit
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Telling your mate how much you appreciate him or her is very life-giving to your relationship. John talks with Greg and Erin Smalley about reasons they appreicate each other. Also, Focus President Jim Daly and Dr. Randy Shroeder address why it's healthy to develop a habit of showing gratitude to your spouse.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, here's the latest episode of my podcast, ReFocus with Jim Daily, featuring |
| 0:04.6 | former NFL player, Benjamin Watson. He shares about protecting the lives of every human being, |
| 0:10.4 | pursuing justice for all. Visit ReFocus with JimDaily.com. |
| 0:20.8 | Showing your spouse you appreciate him or her every day can go a long way in strengthening |
| 0:26.2 | your marriage. And the question is, how do you get started if you've never done that before? |
| 0:31.1 | Well, we're here to help. I'm John Fuller, joined by my Focus colleagues, Aaron and Greg |
| 0:35.2 | Smolley, and let's go ahead and just do a dry run through here. So Greg, Aaron, TickTurns, |
| 0:41.7 | and appreciate each other, you know, allowed for us so we can hear what it sounds like. |
| 0:46.0 | In front of you? Yeah, this is spontaneous. Take a minute if you need. |
| 0:50.0 | So what I appreciate about Greg is he is very steady and emotionally and physically too, |
| 0:57.6 | just lives life kind of steady. And I need that because I'm sometimes, you know, up and down and |
| 1:04.9 | all over the place. And he is very steady. Even last night came home and something had happened. |
| 1:11.0 | And he was like, you know, we'll deal with it later. It's okay. And I'm like, okay, I can do that. |
| 1:16.8 | It wasn't between us. It was someone else. Yeah, for being you. |
| 1:20.6 | I was so tired. I don't really remember what happened. So I can see that right tomorrow. |
| 1:25.7 | And I love Aaron so many things, but one thing is just how adventurous you are, that you love |
| 1:32.7 | to try new things. You love new experiences. You're willing to just hear a new idea or someone |
| 1:39.2 | post something. Let's go do that. I'm such a homebody that is so easy for me. |
| 1:44.6 | You're steadiness. Yeah, just to stay at home, locked away in some embassment versus that's |
| 1:52.2 | what I love that I get all these cool experiences really because Aaron thinks it through finds it |
| 1:59.0 | initiates that kind of stuff. And I so appreciate that. Well, yay for being you, Aaron. |
| 2:04.1 | Very sweet. Yeah, thank you for demonstrating that. Let's go ahead and hear a little bit more |
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