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How can you tell how emotionally stable you are? It is not easy – really. Here are a few suggestions which may help. Are you usually well poised? Under sufficient pressure, almost anyone will become irritable. All of us are occasionally “out of sorts.” But if slight irritations bother you too much, this is a danger signal. So is constant pouting. The ability to keep from getting unduly excited, even in serious situations, is a good sign. The person not easily bothered or upset is, at this point, a good marriage bet.
Are you excessively “nervous?” Have you ever had a “nervous breakdown?” If you have, this will not necessarily unfit you for marriage. People can recover from this, as from any ailment. But if the tendency to nervous breakdown remains, watch out. A history of several nervous breakdowns is a danger signal which ought to be examined by a…
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07 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
The surprising, enlightening, and sometimes hard truths we all face after marriage, and how they teach us about what love really means.
“…A nd they lived happily ever after.”
You’re smart. You know life is no storybook. But admit it: Somewhere deep in your subconscious lurk romantic visions of Cinderella, or maybe Julia Roberts. The images may be sketchy and a little outdated, but you can still make out the silhouette of the bride and Prince Charming riding off into the sunset.
In real life, sometimes your Disney fairy tale ends up feeling more like a Wes Craven horror flick — and you’re the chick who keeps falling down and screaming for her life. I’ve been there. Let’s face it, marriage is not for the faint of heart. You want to believe your pure love for each other will pull you through. And it does. But it ain’t always pretty.
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07 Dec 2012 Leave a comment
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, HOPE for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~ Albert Einstein
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite HOPE.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best HOPE of earth.”~ Abraham Lincoln
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, HOPE.” ~ Winston Churchill
“I HOPE our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of HOPE.” ~ Maya Angelou
“HOPE is the dream…
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