Pinpoint Your Streesors

KNOW THYSELF...

Stress has earned a bad reputation. It's really a God-given response that triggers your body for fight or flight. It can spur you into action, saving your life in an emergency. But when feelings of stress linger or are triggered for little reason, they can deplete your body's resources. They can make you susceptible to heart disease, high blood pressure, even the common cold. You can become forgetful, disorganized and less creative. Prolonged feelings of stress can also result in anxiety, aggression or depression.

What are you biggest 'stressors'? Procrastination? Perfectionism? Disorganization? A dead-end job? Illness? Unresolved conflict? Finances? Recognizing the main source of stress for you and your mate is the first step toward reducing their effect on you. It will bring peace to your marriage and home.

If you want 'home sweet home', kick stress out the door!!

Be Quick To Ask For Forgiveness

BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE TRANSGRESSIONS ARE FORGIVEN...

Forgiveness is a wonderful thing, and yet, much too often we allow our stubbornness to keep us burdened with guilt, struggling in our marriages, and feeling inadequate. The good news is that no one needs to live that way.

When we ask for forgiveness from God and those we have hurt or offended, we turn the tables on guilot and shame. A rush of joy, peace, and even elation soon follows. Why sit huddled in a dark corner of the doghouse when you can be running and playing in the sunshine of forgiveness? Remember that you also need to forgive yourself.

The quicker you ask for forgiveness, the sooner your marriage will be back on track!!

Be Willing To Share THe Things That Move You

A MAN'S HEART DETERMINES HIS SPEECH...

In order to build intimacy in marriage, it's necessary to share things that touch your heart and affect you emotionally or spiritually. Don't take it for granted that your spouse knows all about you. If there's a song, qoute, book or movie that means a lot to you, share it. Then tell your spouse why it's significant to you and how it makes you feel or what it makes you think about.

Sharing the things that moce you creates a point of bonding. It also helps you broaden your mate's perspective. If you hold back your thoughts, feelingsm and opinions, there is little chance od deepening communication and learning what motivates and makes up the essence of your mate.

To be known truly, we must reveal truly!!

See The World - Even It It's Only Your Own Neighborhood

VOYAGE, TRAVEL, AND CHANGE OF PLACE IMPART VIGOR...

Think of a moment about those places you and your mate would most like to see and map a plan to go there. Another state? Another nation? Why live like a hamster on a wheel, running in the same rut every day to the same place at the same times? Take time out! Establish a timetable for embarking on your personal adventure. The truth is, half the fun is the anticipation. So dream big and often!

In the meantime, take time out to discover the treasure in your own backyard and neighborhood. There's an amazing world within a few miles of you, waiting to be discovered and enjoyed.

Happiness is discovering the world around you!!

Do Something Nice For Your Spouse And Do It First

IT IS MMORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE...

Receiving is passive and an end in itself, but giving is active,. It produces, generates, and creates. Those who give to others set into motion a cycle of blessing that often includes feelings of joy, happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, and a deep, abiding sense of purpose. Nothing else in life produces so many benefits.

Giving first serves only to accentuate the experience. It is a genuine expression of love. Indeed, it is love's finest hour.

Remeber What's Important. Forget What's Not

NOW THESE THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE...

Many of us become stressed out over thigns that really won't matter when all is said and done. Step back long enough to evaluate your life priorities. Will the issues that eat at your thoughts today still matter a year-or five years-from now?

When we reach the end of life's journey, few of us will complain that we didn't accumulate more possessions. Neglected relationships and selfish attitudes could prove to be our deepest regrets. Prioritize the thigns that tryle matter in life. Spend time murturing family and friends. Give your marriage the attention iot deserves. Reflect on your relationship with God. All of life's other urgencies take a backseat to these.

Don't let the urgent replace the improtant things in life!!

Learn To Compromise

YOU MUST GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. YOU MUST LEARN TO BE CONSIDERATE OF ONE ANOTHER, CULTIVATING A LIFE IN COMMON...

No marriage can survive without some give-and-take from each parties. The literal meaning of the word compromise is' together to promise'. You promise and give in just a bit. Don't always insist on having your every wish or demand fulfilled. If you give in occassionally, you will short-circuit a possible power struggle. You may find that you get your way mroe often when you let go of the need to win.

Your marriage vows are a commitment to reach a point of togetherness. This means giving, submitting, and letting go of your own demands. A great marriage brings together two independent and different individuals and makes them one. United in purposem the spirit become interwined so closely that they become one entity.

Comprpomise makes it easier for two people to become one!!