Did you know you have a Hall of Fame Marriage?

Pushing the relationship rock up the hill of life is not easy.  There are times when we wonder if we can navigate through all the black holes to success.  Then you may ask yourself, how do you define success in a relationship?

Too many, simply staying married a long time is success. Others may say, how can longevity be defined as success when there are many days we do not even get along.  Here is another way to look at success in relationships.

In baseball if a player has a lifetime batting average of .333 in usually means that the player has demonstrated great success in hitting the ball. Based on this career they generally are elected to the baseball hall of fame from this success.

If you break down this "success" it means that the player got a hit 3 times out of ten. That means that 7 times out of ten they failed to get a hit.  Yet the baseball world honors this success.  In sales if a sales person made three sales out of ten attempts they would be a superstar.

So in your marriage, if you and your spouse get along 3 days out of seven you are batting .428. That marriage batting average is terrific.  You will have a hall of fame marriage with 3 days out of 7. But remember, that would mean you have 4 strikeout days.

We live in a society where when we have some bad relationship days we decide we have to move on and try to find someone who can "make more hits".  There are people every day who throw away Hall of Fame marriages thinking that they have to achieve perfection.

In most areas of life a .333 success rate is to be cheered. Take a minute to evaluate your relationship batting average.  if your close to .333 then be encouraged, you have "hall of fame" written all over you and that relationship.

It is from this new perception of success that you will find encouragement as you push the square rock of relationship uphill.