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Theda's Tuesday Talk--Love Does Not Keep Score

7/22/2014

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     Have you ever had someone put their love for you on hold because you didn't live up to their expectations? I'm talking about the kind of stuff that produces Hollywood hits. However, entertaining drama on the big screen does not translate well in real life. The toughest among us can be broken by dejection. Relationships are wonderfully complex, and they should be; so stop trying to keep track of the score. If you have to win at all cost, then keeping score is more important than the ones you love. I have to remind myself during racquetball, scrabble and tic-tac-toe, "This is just a game." But sometimes the need to win trumps the countenance of the girl who loves to smile. No matter how hard I try, winning the game on the court takes precedence over the players. But these same rules don't work when applied to loved ones.  If I win and they lose, we both lose.     
     When Jerry and I hang out alone we really talk. I cherish those times. I asked him a few weeks ago, "Do you know who has been wrong the most in our almost 28 years of marriage?" He chuckled, "Theda, the answer has not changed...I don't know and I don't care because I don't keep score." This is Tuesday talk.

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    Theda Okona is a former storyteller and co-host for an internet radio broadcast. She lives to be inspired. Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College, Writer, Speaker, Vocalist and Author of Clouds of Grace--she has a Master of Arts in Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English.  

     

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