COMPROMISE: AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP

It goes without saying that no human being is perfect and thus in order to coexist in harmony, certain sacrifices which I like to call compromise have to be made. Sometimes, we just have to give a little more room to our better half. Compromising doesn't necessarily mean giving up something that makes you happy. When we compromise, those around us are affected positively and I don't think there's any greater happiness than seeing those around us radiating happiness.

Make no mistake about compromise, some of them are actually not healthy for your well being.

• Staying in an abusive relationship because your're in love with the person is not a healthy compromise. Its a negative energy that you're letting surround you and it will rob you of your happiness.

• Giving up your dreams because of another person's insecurities is not a healthy compromise. You will regret it in the nearest future.

.......The list goes on and on...

I'm going to drive my point home with a short story;

There was a man and his wife, they were a young couple,  not very wealthy but very happy.
He had a job that at least put food on the table and she was also doing some petty business. They were just a year into their marriage so there were no kids yet.
Okay, so the problems all started when the man suddenly didn't want his wife to be wearing the kind of clothes she was used to wearing as a spinster. He was the jealous type who thought that a married woman shouldn't look too "HOT" so as not to attract the greedy eyes of other men.
They argued every morning before work, he'd ask her to go and change but she insisted that it was her body and she had every right to appear the way she wanted to, she also insisted that there was nothing wrong with the way she dressed!
This drama went on and on...days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months.....they were always at each other's throats!
.....Then she realized, they were loosing their once so blissful happiness. Something had to give.
She thought to herself, "Is there really anything wrong with wearing the kind of clothes my husband likes?" "If not for anything, but just to please him. His happiness matters to me!"

The next day, she met him and told him that she had decided to change her wardrobe! but on the condition that he had to take her shopping and all the expenses were going to be on him.
He grinned with happiness and he agreed to her plan!

Long story short, what's this story really saying?
See how this woman COMPROMISED her sense of fashion which she later realized was something very trivial compared to their happiness in marriage.
Her COMPROMISE also made the man to realize that he too had to COMPROMISE with the extra expenses on her new wardrobe despite the fact that he had little.
Now, they were finally going to live in peace because they had COMPROMISED!

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