Listen To Each Other .......... Hear not only words, but also the non-language of tone, mood, and expression. Learn to listen to understand rather than listening to argue.
Caress As You Would Be Caressed .......... Warm your loved one's body with your soothing touch. Remember that as babies can die with lack of touching, so can marriages wither from lack of closeness.
Respect Each Other's Rights .......... Each is a person of flesh and blood, entitled to his or her own choices and mistakes. Each owns himself, and has the right to equality.
Be A Friend And Partner .......... Friendship can be a peaceful island, separate and apart, in a world of turmoil and strife. Reflect upon the tranquility of the many, many future years you can share with a true friend, and beware of becoming battling enemies under the same roof.
Allow The Other To Be An Individual .......... Seek not to create for each other a new mold that can only fit with much pain and discomfort. Accept the other as they are, as you would have yourself accepted.
Be Open With Each Other .......... Embrace not yourselves in the secretness that causes suspicion and doubt. Trust and reveal yourselves to each other, even as the budding rose opens to reveal its beauty.
Cherish Your Union .......... Let no one separate your togetherness, not child, not friend, nor worldly goods. Yet maintain enough separateness to allow each other his or her own unique oneness.
Give Each Other Approval ......... Compliments encourage confidence in the other, while criticism divides. Hasten not to point out the other's mistakes, for each will soon discover his own.
Love One Another .......... Love is your river of life - an eternal source of recreating yourselves. Above all else - love one another.
