“To keep your marriage brimming with love…whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.” Ogden NashWere the cars in front of the club house those of golfers, or were they wedding guests? On the way to an out of town wedding, I was intent on following the directions from my phone’s GPS. But it kept taking us to a home on the golf course where the street address didn’t match the address on the invitation. I knew she was getting married on Country Club Road, but was it at a private home? (These homes were certainly big enough to host a wedding). My husband insisted we go back to the cub house we had passed several blocks before. In frustration, and fear that we might be late for the wedding, I agreed to back-track to the club house. We drove to the second entrance and there was a bridesmaid standing on the steps. We had arrived.
In my experience there is nothing so loud as the unspoken words, “I told you so.” So the need to say them is fruitless. I've learned the hard way, the right thing to say, which is infinitely more difficult, is, “I’m sorry.” And, hopefully, I remember my own vows which helps me muster the strength to say them when needed.
“Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.” Proverbs 17:9
What are your thoughts? Libby Note: Frederic Ogden Nash (1902-1971), an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. He had a fondness for crafting his own words whenever rhyming words did not exist. With his unconventional rhyme schemes, he was declared the country’s best-known producer of humorous poetry.
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