You know how Howard is. He's so absent-minded, sometimes I think I should sew his key chain to his shirt. But I don't buy that.
Discouragement diminishes their sense of worth, defeats their hopes and erodes their courage.
When we encourage our spouses, we stoke up their spirits and build their confidence, giving them courage to face difficult challenges. We're all confronted by negativism, evil influences, shrinking paychecks and growing bills, more work to get done in less time, and pressures that seem never to let up. As spouses, it's up to us to make sure the supply of encouragement meets the demand. But it seems that husbands and wives often do just the opposite. At work that afternoon, I had become embroiled in a heated difference of opinion with Ron, a co-worker, about how a project should be done.