A New Chapter In Your Life Or Just A Footnote?
How do you know if he's a new chapter in your life or just a footnote? You know what they say! You meet people for a reason, a season or a lifetime. What are the reasons? what are the seasons? Do we know, or is it just because we want to find an excuse to our failures? Because we want to feel better after failing therefore we have to find a reason to legitimate our failures. It happens to all of us. I also met people in my life and desperately tried finding a reason to why I met them when I met them. Why them and nobody else? I accepted those people in my life, hanging on to the fact that there might be a reason to why I met them, there just might be an explanation out there.
Marriage Today - Dysfunctional or Functional?
Divorce statistics these days are enough to keep us all single by choice! After a glimpse at these statistics, staying home to grow old with our cats doesn't look so bad, does it? If you've already been through Marriage #1 and are seriously contemplating Marriage #2, where do you go to get the GOOD news? I was terrified. I had been all through my first marriage from start to dead-end, had healed the open wounds, and had managed to find happiness again. Then my "happiness" proposed to me. It was an immediate "YES! ", but as time went by getting us closer to "The Day", I got scared. Fact is, second marriages have less of a chance at survival than first marriages do.
How To Fall In Love For The Rest Of Your Life
Do you want to fall in love and stay in love forever? Do you want a relationship that endures through good times and hard times? Singles can often get discouraged. "Will I be alone the rest of my life? " is a frequent question. You don"t have to be alone if you don"t want to be. HOWEVER-- you may have to quiet the discouraging voices of yourself and others, and keep remembering that you deserve a great love. Recently, at a conference on relationships, one of the wedding planners summed up her observations: "The brides we work with span a range of all ages and are so terrified they are going to wind up alone, they have suddenly and indiscriminately chosen someone to marry.
Looking For A Serious Relationship - Take A Good Look at How You Feel
You know, I live in Provo, Utah where serious relationships and marriage are very important to the majority of the Utah Valley population. This of course--as you might have guessed--is due to my religious background which DOES NOT force marriage on young adults. However, sometimes it seems as though it does. Why? Because to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we know that marriage is a MAJOR part of not only our spiritual but our physical and emotional progression and happiness. Don"t get me wrong. I think everybody, regardless of their religious background, or lack of one, knows that serious relationships and marriage can inspire great progression and great happiness, but in our church, we TALK about having serious relationships and getting married and everybody knows that talk, because it is influenced by our thoughts, in turn influences our actions.
Reigniting The Spark In You Marriage
Weather you are 3 months married or 3 years married, the busyness of life and the stresses of work can take their toll on your relationship. Everyday hundreds of people file for divorce. Why? One reason is that their marriage has became dull, boring and routine. This articles contains simple things that will reignite the spark that has disappeared from your relationship. 1. Firstly, you have to make your marriage your priority. Make a decision with your spouse to sit down and review this list of practical ideas for making your marriage great. Add anything that you think will work for you both that I have omitted.
Why No Affair is Ever a Mistake
Often one hears men, particularly celebrities or those in the public eye (British Prime Minister John Major and his mistress Edwina Currie come to mind), when their affairs are outed, bemoaning what a mistake it was (always the men, for this one! ) and how mad they must have been to have that affair. But that is such nonsense, when taken with hindsight, as well as being most derogatory and insulting to the women involved. It is a futile exercise comparing feelings across time. No one ever makes a mistake in their choice of partners. Our choices are dictated by that essential moment in time, the way we felt then, even if they are not appropriate now.
The Fallacy of Not Hurting Anyone With an Affair
How often do we see requests for friendship, or for lovers, in various advertisements, with the added desire that 'no one should get hurt'. This mainly applies to men seeking temporary solace from their negative home situations who either lack the courage to address their problems and face the issues squarely, or wish to have their cake and eat it. In their eyes, they are free to do what they can to remedy their situation "as long as no one gets hurt". Often, people seek eternal liaisons with the misplaced belief that breaking up the union would harm everyone, except themself, it seems, and they have to protect that by pleasing themself instead.
A Message From Your Father
As I was praying this morning, I felt an urgency to jump up and write this message. I know that it was meant for many readers. I heard a story about a man in Spain who booted his son out of the house for disgracing him, as I recall. Heart-broken and missing his son's companionship, he ran an ad in the paper. It read: "Paco, meet me at the Hotel Montana at noon on Tuesday. All is forgiven! Love, Papa." When the father went to the Hotel Montana the next day at noon there were 800 young men named Paco waiting for their fathers... and waiting for the forgiveness they never thought was possible!
A Guide to the Senior Mind
I never really considered myself a senior until I received my AARP card in the mail the week I turned 50. Now I"m fast approaching 60 and it"s somewhat hard to ignore. I remember when, just a few years back, I thought that 80 was ancient an now I"m not so sure. But I have noticed that I am changing and looking at my life a bit differently. I wonder if other senior citizens are of the same ilk? They must be because I read about some of these thoughts in the AARP magazine articles. So, as a public service to those who are of our age group and the other boomers who are slowly joining us, I am writing this article.
The Silent Destroyer in Relationships
Two people become attached. That is accepted. People change from infancy to adulthood. That is also accepted. When two people come together in marriage or a relationship they will change over time during that relationship and, depending on their perception and aspirations, the change could be dramatic. That fact is seldom acknowledged by society or the parties involved. Instead the couple are viewed, and also perceive themselves, as static robots who will remain almost the same as they are in behaviour and outlook, from the day they move in together until they part or die. We do accept some change in partners but, to maintain our comfort levels, we expect it to be minuscule, to be in a vacuum and entirely unrelated to anything else!