Thanks:

1. Honesty

2. Humility

3. Strength

Thoughts:

These are three characteristics that I saw in my husband last night. He's been feeling quite a bit of stress lately- trying to stay at the helm of two businesses and balancing his efforts between the two. Being the optimist though, he'd never let anyone know that he sometimes gets discouraged. Last night he opened up to me and honestly expressed some of his frustrations and discouragements. As we talked through things he showed great humility in accepting "blame" for some of the mistakes he's made, and by recognizing his need to allow the Lord to be a greater partner in his decisions. And of course strength for being willing to take risks and to continue to move forward, and to look at the possibility of making some tough decisions he'd rather not.