Show Je 4 r Dear Maree You might say I am kind of discouraged d today It seems in my life that I am continually meeting obstacles sometimes almost daily and I am wondering won won- dering if we were put on this earth to have joy why we have such complexities meet us at every turn I have been married I only three years and Ive I've always said I would never be the type of person to become bitter and compla complacent ni in my thinking But I h harder every everi day dayto to reason reason things out I. I have never never believed in intel intel- telling tel tel- ling my problems over coffee to everyone in the neighbor neighbor- hood I believe a mature person per per- son ought to be able to work things out for himself I also believe that as you talk about them they become bigger I Ido I Ido do have problems however that only I can solve and sometimes I feel absolutely incapable of coping with all of them Please give me some ideas on how to receive peace of mind and cope with my lems Submerged Dear Submerged Marriage is a wonderful thing But its ts something that you have to be working at daily to be successful You say you feel a mature per person 5 0 n nought ought to be able to work things out by himself I say t I be mature in marriage you must work things out together er I mean also problems you have with your husband If you continually keep them to yourself and cannot talk them over without becoming angry at one another then your marriage needs togetherness and more hum hum- or Its It's amazing how a mood can change if you can laugh off some of your weaknesses SOMETIMES SOI we c t things of our husbands cause they are not mind reders readers red read ers as we sometimes think they should be we explode Dont Don't take your marriage for lor granted I b believe lieve most mar mar- marriages with even very serious problems can be worked out Many people who have divorces di di- and remarry only wake up to the fact that a successful marriage begins with the image im- im age in your mirror And that failure to analyze themselves and forgive one another and forget are present in any marriage mar mar- and this must be rea rea- Joy is something we receive by ourselves and thinking of the happiness of those around us U If you'll do this you will find it will boomerang boom boom- erang and you will receive much happiness LIFE is a n e c whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of Keep your attitude right side up and dwell upon the good things that happen to you daily They will help you overcome overcome over over- come your obstacles Maree MAREES MAREE'S MESSAGE It has been said that A Amans Amans mans man's life cannot be bigger than the objects to which it is given mes |