A
few months back, my friend and his wife were having marital problems, so they
went to a counselor for help. The first
thing the counselor did was to give them a capability test to see where they
aligned and where they needed some work.
It had questions like “How many children would you like to have?” or “If
you received some money for your birthday, what would you do with it?” or “Do
you get along well with your in-laws?” He
asked them to answer honestly, so that the process could work, and they went
away to take the test.
After the counselor had tallied up the results, he brought them back together and said, “Well,
I have some good news and some bad news, which would you like first?”
My
friend said, “Let’s start with the bad news.”
The
counselor replied, “Okay, well the bad news is that I have never seen a couple
score lower on this compatibility test.
In fact, you actually got the lowest possible score that you can get.”
My
friend and his wife were squirming in their chairs at this news, and my friend
asked, “Well, what’s the good news then?”
The
counselor leaned back in his chair and said, “You can only go up from
here. The good Lord knows that you can’t
possibly go down!”