Let's do better than the kids at daycare.

Issa's teacher told me that Issa got into an argument with his classmate at daycare. 

Issa and his classmate were each holding THEIR OWN water bottles:

Issa: "My water!"

Classmate (holding his own water bottle): "No, MY water!"

Issa: "No, MY WATER!"

The story was silly and cute at first. 

But when I thought about it, I realized that most of our couples fights, parent/child fights, and other "adult" fights, are exactly the same:

"My hurt!"

"No, MY hurt!"

"No, MY HURT!"

One of the lessons I learned early in relationships was that the hardest fights are those when both sides are hurt (which often is the case). 

In those cases, one person MUST take a leap of faith, express a generosity of the soul, and put a step in, across the aisle, to hear the other first. 

That's the only way out. 

Let's do better than the kids at daycare ❤️ ❤️