The marriage

A married couple sat in the therapist’s office, talking past each other.  Their marriage completely lacked trust — and they were on the verge of a catastrophic divorce. One that would hurt them and their children badly. Both got on Facebook and Twitter and said bad things about each other.  They made sure the whole world knew the other one was at fault.  They had lied to each other so many times in the past that if one told the other they were on fire, the other would go check a mirror. Each had friends and supporters who were behind them 100%. Both had different agendas and didn’t see eye-to-eye about the mess they were currently in.  They were ready to burn the village to save it.  Too much money was at stake.  And not to mention pride.

The therapist sat in his chair stunned, realizing that the worst was about to happen. It was a train wreck in the making.  He looked at the picture of their kids in his file and felt sorry for them.

Sounds a lot like what’s going on in Washington, doesn’t it?  The debt ceiling deadline is coming up and both sides are talking past each other.. The world’s markets are getting nervous and no solution in sight.  I don’t know if the marriage in D.C. can be healed.  But I pray that they can at least make up long enough to keep the rest of the economy from taking a hit on the chin.