Grumpy spouse? No worries.
This question has come in time and again about how much our thoughts can influence a situation, if our spouse’s thoughts do not support our own. If we shouldn’t manipulate another person’s freedom to choose, how does this all work in a marriage if both parties are not on the same page?
Some people have a gift of strong faith, and others struggle more to develop it. If you have an easier time with faith than your spouse, it may be your role to encourage, inspire, and exercise patience.
Your challenge will be to demonstrate faith in SPITE of your spouse’s doubt. See how we all grow? Even those who have a natural tendency for faith will be tested, just in a different way.
Positive, faithful thoughts are many times more powerful than negative ones.
Your spouse’s negative thoughts will not sabotage yours, unless you worry that they will. So choose to believe. As long as YOU maintain a peaceful expectancy for that which you seek, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks.
Just remember though, in your marriage, keep PEACEFUL expectancy for success… don’t be manipulative!!!
In other words, if you keep expecting your spouse to change, stop it.
“People don’t resist change; they resist BEING changed.” Bob Proctor
Imagine your relationship happy. Feel the relief and gratitude you expect to feel when things are better. Imagine the prosperity. As the nature of your thoughts improve from critical and impatient to cheerful and at-peacefulness, the general feeling in the home will improve… and you’ll find that the rising tide lifts ALL ships.
As you imagine feeling the feeling you want to achieve in your home, you’ll be inspired as to what YOU can do to help it evolve in that direction. Don’t be surprised if you feel inspired to relax a little, and stop trying so hard to change everything. Ironically, this is often the first step to realizing true change, and often the hardest step for a real goal-achiever/go-getter to take.
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Your vision and thoughts won’t force your spouse to change, nor should you expect them to. But they can certainly create an energy in the home that can help inspire it to happen in a very natural, gradual way.
Choosing faithful thoughts can help your spouse feel more hopeful. Once your spouse feels a little better, and begins to imagine the possibilities, opportunities will naturally follow, by the law of perpetual transmutation.
If your concerned that your spouse doesn’t have a better job, figure out “why” it needs to be better. Because, if the “why” is what you’re really after, the “how” may be something you never thought of. It could happen without a different job. The job itself could morph, or some other opportunity may come along, or you may find a way to accomplish the same ideal without a change in income.
Your thoughts do have power to bring opportunities… but your spouse must choose for him or herself whether or not to take them. So, bottom line, focus on the picture of your life the way you want it, and at the same time, release your expectations on your spouse.
Oh, the mental gymnastics!!!
Consider asking whether or not your spouse minds if you try to picture a better opportunity on his or her behalf. Your spouse may be more supportive than you think, and may end up testing the principles for him or herself as s/he sees things work for you. Best of all, you’ll begin to work together as one to achieve common goals. There is little else more powerful than that.
And don’t forget: it’s possible to get what you need without a change in income. Trades, gifts, odd windfalls… keep an open mind. As Wattles puts it, you “image” the thing, and the Universe will find the most efficient way of bringing it to you. Don’t pinch off the possibilities by deciding how it has to happen. Have fun daydreaming AND at the same time, relax about the “how”.
Above all, be grateful for however things line up. By choosing gratitude no matter what, you qualify yourself for the best possible outcome.
So if your spouse doesn’t respond the way you hope, be grateful anyway, trusting that God is leading the both of you along to learn the lessons he has in mind for you, all at the right time. Count it all a blessing.
In summary…
How to blow it: picture what you want, and wait for your spouse to make it happen. (You’ll end up in a negative “vibration” that will repel the things you want.) You’ll drive BOTH of you crazy if you’re always measuring your spouse’s behavior against your goals. Don’t base YOUR belief on anyone else’s actions. Your belief alone can be enough to initiate a significant shift.
How to succeed: picture what you want, see the prosperity in your mind, and enjoy the daydream, and then take the actions that come to YOUR mind. Trust God to inspire you to know exactly what YOU should do next. You can be shown a way to meet your obligations and thrive, all the while maintaining the values that are most important to you. He will help you get the timing right, too. You may even feel instinctively inclined to wait a little while before hitting it hard. Trust the peaceful impressions you feel, even if they seem illogical.
Knowledge eradicates fear and doubt. The more you understand, the more effective you become at applying the principles with success.
Lastly, read Portal to Genius (FREE) – because the marriage described in that really FUN book illustrates how all of these ideas really play out.
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4 Responses
Leslie – My husband has never shown interest in my continual learning of anything to do with personal growth. After 43 years, I’ve certainly learned not to let it bother me. He’s a good man and just naturally exemplifies many of the attributes. He just doesn’t want to talk about it or read anything I write. I know it’s not personal because he doesn’t seek out the information from anywhere else either ! We each have our own interests. I don’t ‘get’ some of his and that’s okay.
Thank you for this post. I was wondering how things worked, if I were to try to attract a better situation for our family when my spouse doesn’t yet understand how this all works and is a little skeptical. It was also a good reminder how things can manifest in different ways than how I think they will. So thank you!
Leslie – thanks for this post. While it’s old, it’s exactly what I needed to read this morning. You reminded me that my faith is more powerful than that of my doubting spouse who is often pesimistic and critical. This has given me much hope, increased faith and strengthened determination. Thank you for taking time to share!
Thank you leaslie, I got the same issue with it and it always turned me down.
But from now on I will be smarter and keep my faith on positive power.