SOULFUL RELATIONSHIP
Once you decide to commit to someone, over
time their flaws,
vulnerabilities, pet peeves, and differences will become more obvious.
If you love your mate and want the relationship to grow and evolve, you've
got
to learn how to lose one eye and not let every little thing bother you.
You and your mate have many different expectations, emotional needs,
values, dreams, weaknesses, and strengths. You are two unique individual
creations of God who have decided to share a life together. Neither one of
you are perfect, but are you perfect for each other?
Do you bring out the best in each other? Do you compliment and compromise
with each other, or do you compete, compare, and control?
What do you bring to the relationship?
Do you bring past relationships, past hurt, past mistrust, past pain.
You can't take someone to the altar to alter them.
you can't make someone love you or make someone stay.
If you develop self-esteem, spiritual discernment, and "a life," you
won't
find yourself
making someone else responsible for your happiness or responsible for
your pain. Manipulation, control, jealousy, neediness, and selfishness are
not the ingredients of a thriving, healthy, loving and lasting relationship.
Seeking status, sex, wealth and security are the wrong reasons to be in
relationship.
What keeps a relationship strong?
* Communication, Intimacy, Trust, A sense of humor
* Sharing household tasks
* Some getaway time without business or children
* Daily exchanges (a meal, shared activity, a hug, a call, a touch, a
note)
* Leave a nice message on their voicemail or send a nice email
* Sharing common goals and interests
Growth is important. Grow together, not away groom each other, giving each
other space to grow without feeling insecure.
Allow your mate to have outside interests.
You can't always be together. Give each other a sense of belonging and
assurances of commitment.
Don't try to control one another.
Learn each other's family situation. Respect his or her parents regardless.
Don't put pressure on each other for material goods.
Remember, for Richer or for Poorer.
If these qualities are missing, the relationship will erode as resentment,
withdrawal, abuse, neglect,
dishonesty, and pain replace the passion.
Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better.
Don't wish for fewer problems; wish for more skills.
Don't wish for fewer challenges; wish for more wisdom.
When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a
DISCOVERY!!