Quotes 1 - 6 Soul of the Garden by Tom Spencer 7 Vital Choices for Happy Relationships | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In - StumbleUpon “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~Lao Tzu Ten years ago I thought I was going to marry my college sweetheart and become a young bride, which made it all the more devastating when happily ever after didn’t pan out. When we broke up, I felt literally like I lost a limb, complete with phantom sensations of his hand in mine. It didn’t take long for a dark guilt to bubble up—a constant festering reminder of all the mistakes I’d made. In the ruins of that romance, I didn’t know what scared me more: that someone else might hurt me again or that I might hurt them enough first to deserve it. I simultaneously felt an aching need to fill in the hole where he’d been and an overwhelming sense of nausea at the thought of being with someone else. In each case, I either burdened the guy with a body bag full of my fears and insecurities, or dragged it around myself wondering why dating felt so exhausting. 1. Take it off the page: 2. 3. 4. 5.
Jazzyrae's ramblings. — The greatest irony of life is loving the right... The greatest irony of life is loving the right person at the wrong time, having the wrong person when the time is right and finding out you love someone after that person walks out from your life. Sometimes you think you’re already over a person but when you see them smile at you, you’ll suddenly realize that you’re just pretending to be over them just to ease the pain of knowing that they will never be yours again. For some, they think that letting go is one way of expressing how much you love the person. Most relationships tend to fail not because the absence of love; love is always present. As we all know, the heart is the center of the body, but it beats on the left. Here’s a piece of advice: let go when you’re hurting too much, give up when love isn’t enough and move on when things are not like before. (via xoxhippos) (via xoxhippos-deactivated20110417)
Top Ten Reasons Sex is Good for You - EmpowHER.com - StumbleUpon Okay, we know that sex is fun, but guess what? It’s good for you too! The top ten healthy benefits of good sex are even backed up by experts, researchers and scientists: 1. Sex can lower blood pressure and reduce stress. 2. Good sexual health can mean better physical health. 3. Thirty minutes of sex burns around 85 calories. 4. Women who have more sex tend to have higher levels of estrogen, which protects against heart disease. 5. Researchers at the University of Texas found that a self-esteem boost was one of 237 reasons people have sex. 6. Orgasm and having sex increases levels of oxytocin, the so-called love hormone. 7. As the hormone oxytocin surges, endorphins increase and pain decreases. 8. Bring on the Kegels! 9. According to researchers, oxytocin released during orgasm also helps you catch more z’s.
16 Interesting Quotes on Relationships « Life Lists September 24, 2008 by Rebecca “The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.” -Neale Donald Walsch “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” “A loving person lives in a loving world; a hostile person lives in a hostile world. “What angers us in another person is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves. “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” “Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that many people enter into a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. “When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. “A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.” “Love looks through a telescope; envy through a microscope.” “Relationships are like glass.
20 Ways to Say I Love You | Tivate.com - StumbleUpon First time visiting Tivate? Then make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed before you leave. Thanks for visiting! [article] There’s more ways to say I love you without actually saying it. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. NOTE: If you enjoyed this post check out the follow-up 20 “Real Life” ways to say I Love You and 20 ways to Propose. [SU::darrylheron] [sources] “Those three words,” – ashleyRosex on Flickr [Online Images] “sweetheart” – youngdoo on Flickr [Online Images] “Love on Pier 14″ – Red Giraffe on Flickr [Online Images] “a hearty sandwich” – Rakka on Flickr [Online Images] “the healing touch” – drumtoo on Flickr [Online Images] “Lucy wins monopoly” – all the good names have gone on Flickr [Online Images] “Above Pacific” – a3rO on Flickr [Online Images] “19:00″ – Fanny Lafontaine on Flickr [Online Images] “190108″ – vaquerito on Flickr [Online Images] “elderly couples” – tin-zo on Flickr [Online Images] “your present” – youngdoo on Flickr [Online Images]
A Woman's Four Basic Needs and The Ways They Are Met | Marriage Missions International - StumbleUpon This [article] will discuss the four major needs of a woman and the ways they are met. A woman’s four basic needs are security, affection, open communication, and leadership. Because security is the most basic need, we will discuss that first. Security is More Than Finances Although security is a very broad term and general in meaning, nevertheless, it is a woman’s greatest need. A wife’s basic need for security is satisfied by adequate protection and provision given by God through her husband. 1. The best way a husband can determine if he is caring for his wife properly is simply to ask her, “Honey, do you feel like I’m caring for you properly? If she says yes, he can know he is meeting her needs, but if she says no, then he should listen carefully as she explains why not. A woman learns to recognize when a man is not really committed to caring for her. Your wife’s well-being and prosperity are greatly dependent upon you. That would be any employed person’s dream. 2. Be sincere. 3. 4.
30 Ways to be Intimate With Your Wife Intimacy can be defined in many ways. But if you’re a dude, your brain probably went exactly where mine would have; the nape of a neck, the curve of a breast, or… Sorry, where was I? Truth is, intimacy isn’t what happens between the sheets. Sex equals intimacy, but intimacy doesn’t necessarily equal sex. Intimacy with your spouse should be the breath of your relationship. Nurture your intimacy and you will have a union that is happier, healthier, and filled with surprises. Here are 30 ways to be intimate with your wife. Have a Picnic: Whether you have a picnic at the park, beach, or living room floor, sharing a blanket full of food is a simple yet terrific way to enhance intimacy. Intimacy is more than a physical desire; it’s learning who your lover is on a deeper, more emotional level; discovering her interests and affections, and learning to appreciate the same things, at least on some level. Take a month, try some of these ideas.
Why We Love: 5 Must-Read Books on the Psychology of Love It’s often said that every song, every poem, every novel, every painting ever created is in some way “about” love. What this really means is that love is a central theme, an underlying preoccupation, in humanity’s greatest works. But what exactly is love? How does its mechanism spur such poeticism, and how does it lodge itself in our minds, hearts and souls so completely, so stubbornly, as to permeate every aspect of the human imagination? Today, we turn to 5 essential books that are “about” love in a different way — they turn an inquisitive lens towards this grand phenomenon and try to understand where it comes from, how it works, and what it means for the human condition. No superlative is an exaggeration of Alain de Botton‘s humble brilliance spanning everything from philosophy to architecture. Every fall into love involves [to adapt Oscar Wilde] the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. Sample her work with this fantastic TED talk on the brain in love: Is love really blind?
31 Ways To Know You're In The Right Relationship As anyone living in the age of depressing divorce rates knows, a happy long-term couple is almost like a unicorn: If by some miracle you encounter it, you can't stop staring, and you have a feeling no one will ever believe you when you tell them you saw it. The Internet is filled with articles on how to decide when to end it, how to recognize when your relationship is toxic, codependent, one-sided, stagnant, asexual, manipulative. But we don't talk all that often about what defines a happy relationship. Picture it: You're dating someone new. You're waiting to feel the toxic stagnant codependency. To help you answer that question, you lucky thing, here's a completely unscientific list of 31 ways to know you're in the right relationship: You don't... 1. If you're afraid of commitment, best to work that out before you put yourself in a situation where it's hoped you'll eventually commit. 2. 3. If no one's hiding anything, why are you looking? 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
The Happy Couple Cheat Sheet: 15 Steps to a Balanced and Happy Marriage (Relationship) Posted in Balanced Lifestyle, Balanced Relationships | October 27, 2009 | 27 Comments This post was written by Anastasiya. Follow me on Twitter or StumbleUpon and keep your life balanced! The other day my husband and I were talking about our marriage and how happy we are together. It’s not a secret that rates of divorces are rising like crazy all over the world now (in the United States 50% of all marriages end in divorce and in Ukraine the rates are just a little bit lower). Be honest with each other. Here are 5 more rules that do not need any explanation in my opinion. Love each otherRespect each otherSupport each otherUnderstand each otherGive to each other A balanced and happy marriage is not a dream, it is a reality for me. Keep it balanced!