Bless Your Family

Do you ever feel like yelling at your spouse or children?

This past week, Gabriella Kortsch, one of my favorite bloggers wrote a wonderful blog post entitled, Bless You!.  The message she relays is that we should respond to insults and hurt feelings by saying, “bless you!” to the person who hurt us.  To quote Kortsch’s post:

“You have the choice to merely think (or say) bless you…If you are so close to expressing an expletive, saying bless you may just keep you from doing so. Then you can go away and think about the whole thing. Perhaps next time, you’ll be able to address the matter in a healthy way, or the time after that. But in the meantime, you’ve done something good for your own energy (maybe even the other person’s energy), by saying bless you. And remember, you can apply it to the guy who squeezes past you in traffic, or the customer service person who is obtuse or rude on the phone, etc.”

Often times is a family situation we get prone to anger. Getting riled up is often much easier than staying calm.  The main thing to remember is that staying calm is a blessing for your family, while getting riled up is a curse.

So the next time your children, spouse, in-laws, parents, etc. are getting under your skin remember that they love you and don’t forget to say (either out loud or quietly) “Bless you.”