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What's right, not who's right
"Forty-Seven years? That's amazing! How have you managed to stay together that long?"
That's what my husband and I often hear from young servers who wait on our table when we dine out on our wedding anniversary. Their question is asked in fun, and on the run, but I think they genuinely want to know what contributes to making a relationship hang together. So, of the two things that immediately come to mind, I cheerily share the one I think they might get a kick out of, and perhaps get some good from, at the same time: "My husband and I know that it's not who's right, but what's right, that matters." We all laugh, but the idea lingers in the atmosphere of thought.
About the author
Barbara Vining is a contributing editor. She lives near Toledo, Ohio.

January 5, 2004 issue
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An abundance of peace
Kim Shippey
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letter
with contributions from Frances G. Mitchell, Gene L. Moore, R. K. Verma, Anne Jesper, Lorelei de la Reza
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items of interest
with contributions from Gary Greenberg, Kim Mulford, George A. Burn
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Prayer for PEACE in the new year
with contributions from Beverly Goldsmith, Marta Greenwood, Klaus-Hendrik Herr, Ruth Elizabeth Jenks, Bob Tucker, Melanie Alcazar
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Prayer at home and in the world
STEVE CARLSON with contributions from Jon Harder
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'The work of God is PEACE'
By Marilyn Jones
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A smile and a welcome
By Nathan S. Smith
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What's right, not who's right
Barbara Vining
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More positive movies?
By Channing Walker
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Health and healing: ours from God
Dwight Crandell with contributions from Rachel Crandell
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Change in thought heals acute pain
Truman Becker