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Marriage Tips: Make Love Your Decision

When you married your husband or wife, you made a conscious choice and dedication to love that person for the rest of your life. Not just the rest of their life, but your life. You are not choosing to love their habits or their choices, you are not even choosing to love their ability to make money or have fun – you are choosing to love them. Who You Love Is Your Choice When you are experiencing problems or difficulties in your relationship, you may cite all of their negative behavior traits as reasons why you can’t imagine you loved … Continue reading →

Marriage Tips: Tides of Feeling

Marriage is a lot like an ocean of feeling – some feelings are warm and sultry while others are chilly. There are undertows and there are riptides. Rising tides can be a result of conflicts or a result of intense passion and closeness. Just because the tides of feeling are running high does not mean you are coping with negative feelings all the time. It’s important to recognize that you and your spouse are both capable of being extremely passionate people. When there is a wealth of passion between people whether it relates to each other, to a cause, to … Continue reading →

How a Positive Attitude Affects Your Relationship

Since October is Positive Attitude Month, I thought it’d be a good time to reflect on our attitudes and how they affect our marriages. Because they definitely have an impact. Mirror Effect In our household we live by the “you get what you give” motto. It’s basically the same principal as the Golden Rule: treat me how you expect me to treat you back. I’m currently reading The Secret in which this principle is emphasized time and again. I first came to know of it, though, in a different manner (what you think upon grows) courtesy of Dr. Wayne Dyer’s … Continue reading →