The Value of Gracefulness in Marriage

The value of gracefulness means elegance and beauty of movement or expression.

Marriage Questions:

• Have you and your spouse ever danced together in your living room?
• If/when you and your spouse dance together, do you begin and end with dignity and grace?
• How would someone describe the motions of you and your spouse when passing each other in your home hallway?
• What activities do you and your spouse enjoy doing together (e.g. cooking, fishing, biking, etc.)? If someone were watching, how would they describe the way you work together?
• When you and your spouse greet a stranger, what lasting impression do you both make?

The Grandeur of Gracefulness

Both women and men admired Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Watching them dance together was simply inspiring.  They were truly an elegant couple.

Today, many people enjoy watching the modern version of dance on the popular TV show Dancing with the Stars.  Over the years the style of dancing may have changed, but the appreciation for the beauty of movement and expression remains. It’s about a man and woman moving together in perfect harmony, and that captivates the attention of others.

Are there ways other than dancing for a husband and wife to demonstrate gracefulness? Absolutely.

Here are just a few:

• Hosting a dinner party.  How do you and your spouse divide up the hosting and serving responsibilities at your home? Do you both weave easily in and out of the crowd, and with each other, in such a way your guests just love to stop and watch?
• Playing musical instruments. Do you and your spouse share a passion for music and play together? Consider how the world-renowned flutist Sir James Galway and his wife (and business partner) Lady Jeanne Galway play their flutes together. As Lady Jeanne commented “…we are a team… when we are at home, and so when playing music, we are even a better team.”
• Meeting new people. When attending a networking or social event, do you and your spouse work the room together? Have you created silent signals between you to know when to move on, when your spouse needs to ‘save’ you, and who next to engage? Maybe you two have already built a reputation as a dynamic duo.

So, do you and your spouse possess the value of gracefulness? Maybe you don’t hear that specific term. But if others refer to you both with terms such as unity, oneness, smooth, elegant, or dynamic then you might also be admired for gracefulness.

Observing a married couple working together in harmony is as inspiring as watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the dance floor. It’s not only impressive, it creates hope for the future of marriage.

How can the value of gracefulness help improve your marriage and the lives of others?

Today’s value was selected from the “Beauty-Style” category, based on the e-book Developing Your Differentiating Values.