It's Not Rocket Science

I was in the grocery store the other day and I over heard a young couple talking back and forth to each other as they shopped.  Talk about cranky and harsh, yikes!  Their tone of voice was so biting and mean.  I was embarrassed for them. 

Again I was reminded of what I think is profound advice to help couples, ready for it...here it is, BE NICE!  Think about it, can you imagine how much better our interactions with our spouse and others would be if we followed the advice of our moms, to be nice?  I know, it doesn’t’ solve everything, but rather than jumping into expensive, deep therapeutic interventions, digging into the depths of our childhood trauma, escaping through unhealthy coping mechanisms… being nice is a simple place to begin to see change in our relationships.  Go ahead, try it, be nice to someone today.