What It Means to Go-All-In in Your Blended Family
Don’t Continue The War That Ended – Part 6
This is important and there might be a better way for me to say it, instead I will just say it this way “go-all-in.” Isn’t your family, your spouse, your children, worth you going all in when it comes to making your family work. I decided my family is worth it and this is why we’re sharing this content on “How to Make the Blended Family Work.” Let go of the past and what anyone else has to say about it and go all in. Let go of any hurts, any wounds, any scars, just let it go and go all in. If you’re going to make the family you’ve created work, one must be willing to go-all-in. There’s no other way. If you go in only 50%, you’ll fail. If you go in under 100%, then there’s still a strong possibility you will fail. Let’s eliminate the possibility of being the cause of the failure and go-all-in. The only option is to go-all-in withholding nothing.
You probably are already going all in for your family.
I know what you might be thinking. I’m already going-all-in; however, I believe, especially if you’re reading this that you indeed are already in. In fact, you might be sick and tired of hearing people say you must go-all-in. They say this in sports, work, and religion. Now they’re saying it in the family. The way you’ve heard it in the past isn’t the way I wish to say it or for you to hear it.
You must act like the other parent doesn’t exist.
This is where you must apply the thinking that the other parent doesn’t exist and live as if it were all up to you. And as I say this, I don’t mean you’re alone, you have your family, but for the purpose of going-all-in, you need to respond as if it’s only you.
- What I’m not saying.
I’m not saying make a lifestyle where you don’t acknowledge or interact with your child’s other parent. I’m not saying attempt to take your child from the other parent, nor am I trying to eliminate your child’s other parent. Now you’re ready to hear what I am saying. - What I am saying.
Act as if there is no other parent and you have the full responsibility of your child. Think of it as if the other parent doesn’t exist, then you’d be completely responsible. This is the attitude one must have in making their family work. You know longer get to expect what the other parent will or will not do, instead you take complete ownership. Have no expectation for the other parent, therefore if they do anything it’s rewarding. It’s time to go-all-in. Go-all-in as if you’re a single parent raising a child(ren) on your own. Go-all-in. Stop complaining about what the other parent is doing or not doing. Go-all-in. This is what it takes to make a blended family work. If you take complete ownership, you are not relying upon nor expecting help from anyone else. Then when you do receive any, you’re grateful and appreciative.
Once you set the tone to go-all-in, everyone else eventually will follow suit. Having this go-all-in attitude is like planting a seed that will yield a field of rewards. In this case, the reward that you harvest is a family that you’ve always dreamed of having; the family that others will envy because you’ve done it unlike anyone else.
Pamela and I hope you have enjoyed “How to Make a Blended Family Work.” We totally understand how difficult it is in getting a traditional family to work and how much more it takes to get a blended family to work. We hope that through these lessons, you’re able to move the needle beyond what happens normally and have started to see uncommon results manifest in your life. You’ve taken the journey necessary to learn “How to Make a Blended Family Work.” Now let’s go to work.
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