Think About It

I don’t know too much about Chip and Joanna Gaines other than they have made a pretty good career out of fixing things. I have watched some of their shows and have been impressed by their ability to see beauty in some pretty rugged situations. Another thing that seems to impress me is their partnership – not just in the business but in life as well. Recently, I came across a quote by Joanna that might help explain their success, “I always said, ‘When things come against us we can either turn on each other, or we can come together and turn on it.’”. As I pondered this observation, it helped me realize that relationships are more important than circumstances. When things begin to get difficult, it puts our relationships under a microscope. We can either work together to solve the problem or we can point fingers at each other and assign blame. When times get tough we can either point at each other and say, “If you would have only …” or we can point out the issue and agree to work o