Values Being loyal and faithful are inherent values, part of your moral fabric, indicating the kind of person you are. Loyalty is constant allegiance to someone. Faithfulness is fidelity – basically the same as loyalty but leaning towards sexual loyalty – being sexually faithful. Photo Credit – Pinterest Sexiest Values Nothing is more sexy than…
Category: 55 Rules for Love
55 Rules For Love – Rule #45 – Do Not Be Afraid, Love Requires Surrender
To Give Yourself Over According to Merriam-Webster, to surrender is “to give (oneself) over to something (such as an influence)” There are times when I feel butterflies in my belly, an excitedness of feeling so in love with my husband, Michael. But, I don’t give myself over to it – I resist it – because…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #44 – Walk Together, Cook Together, Bathe Together, Read Together
Hanging Out Together We like each other’s company and feel very comfortable together. We’re best friends! I think Rule #44 speaks for itself in the importance of creating quality time together during everyday activities like cooking, bathing, walking or reading together. As well, we’re not staring at technology screens – we’re actually engaged with each…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #43 – Don’t Just Speak About It, Show Love
What Does Love Look Like? It’s hard to put something into action if you’re not quite sure what it is. Love, typically, is a deep show of affection. How does one show their affection? There are many ways to express and show our love, and these love actions grow out of a few common values…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #42 – Take Picnics And Sleep Under The Stars
Creating Nice Moments Packing for a picnic and sleeping under the stars is not a usual way people spend their time as it requires a bit of work and planning. As well, a hundred things can go wrong such as: bugs crawling over or landing on the food, bugs that bite like mosquitos, forgetting something…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #41 – Do At Least One Romantic And Thoughtful Thing Every Day
This Morning… As I lay in bed processing this Rule #41, I asked my husband Michael his thoughts on it. Our conversation evolved into determining the difference between complimenting each other, and what a romantic gesture is compared to being thoughtful. Complimenting each other is its own rule, Rule #38 – Compliment Often. Romance and…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #40 – Be Attentive And Understand What’s Not Said
Difficult Conversations I would imagine, even for the most experienced communicator, that there are conversations where some words are hard to say. There is a deep yearning within, a hope the recipient of the difficult conversation has some understanding of what the conversation is about – and is able to have the profound level of…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #39 – Discover Each Other
To Discover To discover, basically means to find something unexpected about my husband, Michael, that I didn’t see before. I Do This Best When I’m in the present moment, not trying to change anything about it. I’m not wearing lenses of preference, judgement, bias, or opinion. This discovery could be during a stressful time, a…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #38 – Compliment Often
I Feel Noticed Over a year ago, I started running and stopped drinking alcohol. Six months ago I changed my eating habits to exclude refined sugars, processed foods and meat. I eat fish and plant-based proteins. I’ve lost close to 30 lbs and feel the best I’ve ever felt. I feel fit. Strong. Healthy. My…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #37 – Don’t Waste Energy With Negative Thoughts
Cognitive Distortions I’ve had enough personal experience in therapy to be well aware of the types of cognitive distortions there are, usually addressed with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT. This blog isn’t about how this therapy works. I’m referring to CBT to identify the types of cognitive distortions or, simply put – negative thinking – that…
