Tuesday, September 13, 2005

12 Ways to Keep Your Love Alive

I found this in a Yahoo Group. Do any of the blog fam agree with the tenets?

12 Ways to Keep Your Love Alive

1. Praise is such a great gift, and it's so easy to give. So look at the things that make your spouse and others unique and develop the habit of praising them for those special things.
2. Every painful trial is like an oyster, and there is a precious pearl—a personal benefit—in every one; every single one.
3. Don't go it alone. Welcome fresh insights of other perspectives—from extended family, friends, good marriage books, or a qualified marriage counselor.
4. In a mutually satisfying relationship, both people's needs are expressed, and they have the flexibility to give and take.
5. Honor goes hand in glove with love, a verb whose very definition is doing worthwhile things for someone who is valuable to us.
6. All our trials, great and small, can bring more of the two best things in life: love for life and love for others.
7. Oneness does not mean that one mate dominates the other or that the stronger controls the weaker.
8. Anger is our choice. We can choose to see its powerful potential for destruction and take steps to reduce it within us. Otherwise, it's and iceberg sinking our love.
9. Better understanding of the motivations and actions that grow out of our basic personalities can help us achieve personal and marital satisfaction.
10. Sharing deep feelings with each other is emotional intercourse, and it's vital to sexual satisfaction.
11. As we reach out to another, our own needs for fulfillment and love are met.
12. Give seven or more praises for every one fault-finding suggestion.

8 Comments:

Blogger Darius T. Williams said...

#13. Make sure you understand what each other is saying when you're not physically talking!

8:21 PM, September 13, 2005  
Blogger E said...

#14 Give your partner love every day, remember he needs space. Be patient and he'll give his heart to you.

(I stole that from En Vogue...*LOL*)

8:46 AM, September 14, 2005  
Blogger Unknown said...

good list ...

may i add, if you are true to yourself, it will also benefit the relationship lovingly

2:27 PM, September 14, 2005  
Blogger Troy N. said...

I have to agree and also add in the never forget to show love rule, if it wasn't already there.

4:04 PM, September 14, 2005  
Blogger Tim said...

Ok y'all know this list ended up on my wall, right?

10:36 PM, September 14, 2005  
Blogger Clay said...

hmm interesting - now lets see if they work! be sure to check out my blog!

3:17 PM, September 15, 2005  
Blogger prodigalsun said...

These are cool... but fukk the one about inviting different perspectives from family and friends... them mofuggas need to mind their own dayum bidness... marriage counselor... maybe... but fukk what your aunt buela has to say about what we're doing... tell that bytch to mind her dayum bidness.

11:59 AM, September 16, 2005  
Blogger prodigalsun said...

and cane... why are you always advertising your freakin site in everybody's dayum comment section...? lol

12:00 PM, September 16, 2005  

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