Understanding Marriage, Make It The Best It Can Be
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If you are complete within yourself, then you don't expect another to be any
other way than the way they are choosing to be. Unconditional love is accepting
another for exactly who they are, not forcing the person to change to meet your
expectations of how they should be. It is about giving this person the freedom
to be exactly who they want to be by allowing, supporting and enabling them in
everyway you can.
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Everyone wants to have the fairly tale marriage, full of respect, happiness, romance, and
enjoyment. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and sometimes marriages get messy.
Over time, as we get comfortable in our marriage, we sometimes forget to let our spouse know
just how much we appreciate them. I am sure we have all, at one time or another, forgot
to create an atmosphere of love, gratitude and appreciation.
Qualities of a Successful Marriage:
- Love
- Support
- Tolerance
- Communication
- Realistic expectations
- Caring
- Nurturing
- Sense of humor
- Commitment
- Respect
- Know how to handle conflict
- Problem solve together
- Interdependence
- Caring
- Enjoy one another
- Have fun together
In the bible there is a passage about the first and great commandment and a second that
is like unto it. In marriage, the first and great commandment is "Put your marriage first."
The second is, indeed, like unto it. "Put everyone and everything else second to your
marriage." Children come, grow and go. Parents pass on. Siblings and other relatives scatter.
Friends relocate or you may grow beyond them, or them beyond you. Jobs and the people in
them change. In the end, all you have to totally rely on is yourselves, and all that within
the framework of your marriage.
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