Loving on demand – a needed paradigm shift

September 1, 2010

Building here on something I found in Finding inspiration instead of it finding you by Seth Godin.
Seth suggests that inspiration is something we can learn to have on demand. We will it; we make it happen when we need it, rather than waiting until it “strikes”. No doubt, this kind of a paradigm shift requires [...]

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Your account is overdrawn

August 31, 2010

This is a spin-off from Relationships and Currency by Chris Brogan.
Our words and actions are very much the currency of our relationships. Built-up good will can cover us when we blow it, and past poor performance makes it difficult to get excited when we do something right. What’s more, this currency has an expiration date [...]

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What business gurus can teach us about marraige

August 30, 2010

Two of the blogs I regularly read to give me inspiration for what I write here are Chris Brogan and Seth Godin. These two business blogs rarely show up in my Sunday links because Seth and Chris don’t write about marriage – but much of what they write easily applies to marriage.
The next few days [...]

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Don’t Blame God

August 29, 2010

A few phrases I hear that drive me crazy, and what I usually don’t say in reply:
“I know it will work out, because God would not have put me into this if He was not going to get me out.“
Maybe God did not put you there; maybe it was your doing.
“God only gives us [...]

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Porn – click, click, click …

August 28, 2010

Here are a few bits of the key findings of THE EFFECTS OF PORNOGRAPHY ON INDIVIDUALS, MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY:

Married men who are involved in pornography feel less satisfied with their conjugal relations and less emotionally attached to their wives. Wives notice and are upset [...]

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There is no “E – none of the above”

August 27, 2010

I’m big on thinking outside of the box - in fact I have been accused of forgetting where the box is. However, there are times when we need to work with the choices offered, even if we don’t like any of the choices very much. This is often true in marriage, and many hurt feelings and [...]

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qaparHa’

August 26, 2010

Does that title mean anything to you? Someone will no doubt post it in the comments, or you could Google it, but unless you are serious Trekkie, it means nothing to you, and I’m wasting my time saying it.
Thing is, most of us do this to our brides, and many of us have been doing [...]

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Don’t put it on the kids

August 25, 2010

Have you ever tried to get your bride to do something or agree to something you want to do, by saying, “It’s for the kids” or “The kids want to” or “It would be good for the kids”? Even if what you say about the kids is true, you are being less than truthful with your [...]

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