How do you measure success? First forget about your blog for a while and then come back later and see what you find. Ok, don't forget about your blog, but it's really hard to see your progress when you are in the thick of it. Truth be told, you can't measure anything unless you, well, measure it. Like a kid, "I think you were about yeah high" holding your hand out level, "when you were 4 years old." That's still vague and it may not be true. But a cute little dash on a wall with a date will tell your kid just how tall they were! A few years ago, we gave my parents a measuring board so they could measure the grandkids as they grew. I remember when my dad used to measure me against a wall and it was so fun to stand straight barely keeping my heels on the ground as he carefully placed a pencil on my head. "Did I really grow in the last few months, really?" Then I'd turn around and see a gap between my last measurement. "Wow, I guess I did grow."
So what does this have to do with my husband? How do you measure character? How do you see a change in your life when you are in the thick of it?
When I first started writing this blog, I was desperately seeking a way to get my husband out of his own personal cage of despair, what I didn't realize is that over this time I would find my own way out as well. I will go with the measuring theme here and say I found 6 simple 'feet' that have helped me measure success. My husband is 5'9" but he always wished he was six feet so he'll like this.
In the next few weeks, I will give you these 6 great 'feet' so you can look back and say, "Wow, I guess I did grow!"
