Photo Credit – Pinterest Take Care of Each Other True, authentic, accepting love is so very rare, that when you find it, cherish and nurture it. It won’t be easy… love takes work because love is a verb – love is action that matches words. Love is stepping up to have the best interest of…
Category: 55 Rules for Love
55 Rules For Love – Rule #54 – Give And Receive Without Measure
Photo Credit – makemebetter.net Mature Love This rule took some time for me to process. To give and receive without measure is a lofty aspiration, but I get it because it is a mature love. It is a deep understanding of how each of you give and receive in the relationship. How we give and…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #52 – Discover What Turns You Both On And Explore It
Strong Foundation Sex is fun! It’s even funner when your relationship has a solid, mature foundation built on trust, transparency, respect and communication. This opens up the door for two consenting adults to be able to SAFELY discover and explore what turns each other on! There is an entire world out there of ways to…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #51 – Don’t Cling To It, Know When To Let Go
Letting Go – Leaving the Relationship Photo Credit – Quotesgram Sometimes love means letting go. Letting go of love, knowing when to say goodbye, is an incredibly courageous step in living an authentic life. I ask, what is worse: the pain of staying in the relationship or the pain of letting it go? I’ve been…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #50 – Don’t Sleep On A Fight
Not Always Easy Sometimes, when I’m deeply hurt or really angry, it takes me time to lower the shield that defends my heart. I need time and space to process my emotions, to then know how to proceed with the issue that has ignited a fight between my husband and I. True, if we sleep…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #49 – Fluidity Is Good, Accept Change
Change Since I married my husband in 2015, moved to the Middle East, then repatriated back to Canada in 2019 – I feel as if I’ve lived a lifetime within these four fabulous years – because there was so much change. It wasn’t easy. At times, I felt like I was hanging on by my…
55 Rules For Love – Rule # 48 – Be Grateful
Gratitude Is The Opposite of Taking Each Other For Granted I asked my husband Michael his thoughts on this rule. He said sometimes you need to pause and reflect on the reasons why you need to be grateful, because gratitude is the opposite of taking each other for granted. Gratitude Is Seeing and Appreciating What…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #47 – Trust
More Than Sexual Fidelity Trust is more than being sexually faithful to each other. Trust is having faith is what motive lies behind your partner’s actions, trusting their word, and their ability to have your best interest at heart. Photo Credit – Line.17QQ.com Trust is Earned – Not a Right Trust is earned over time…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #46 – Be Loyal And Faithful
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 Being loyal and faithful are…
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…