The Valentine’s Joy of Small Kindnesses

The Valentine’s Joy of Small Kindnesses

Getting ready for Valentine’s Day!? We, Jim and Judith, do hope so — most especially if you are involved in any kind of romantic partnership! Are you celebrating the differences between you? If so, that is romance at its best! For instance, Jim loves dogs, while Judith keeps dogs at a distance (having been jumped on too many times in her younger years). However, on a few occasions for Valentine’s Day, Judith celebrated who Jim really is by giving him little stuffed dogs with a heart somewhere on the little “stuffies.” There is something so romantic in our differences! Think about it. How important are your differences to you? It’s been in our differences that we’ve discovered the romantic power, the sweet little passions in what we call “small kindnesses”… the tiny little endearments that continually rekindle romance and keep love ready to move you forward. Think about it. How do you want to be remembered on Valentine’s Day? Sure, candy and roses are nice. But don’t you want to know that you’re special in the eyes and heart of the one you love — especially for your differences? Exactly! That’s why small kindnesses are so important. And that is why we encourage you to weave them into your everyday life. One of our friends packs lunch for his wife every workday and also includes a little love note in her lunch box! She, in return, hides silly jokes around the house that she knows her husband will enjoy. Another woman we know always greets her husband, who travels a lot for work, with a special pastry upon his...
What Is Stopping You From Deeper Soulful Living?

What Is Stopping You From Deeper Soulful Living?

25th Anniversary Issue   Okay, you’ve been thinking about taking action, moving forward, doing that thing that would create progress and increase your soulful living… right? BUT you haven’t done it. Not yet. Whatever it is, it would help change your life. It would bring you into a more spiritual way of being. It would increase your awareness of living in a larger realm. Right? So, what stops you? What holds you back? What lets you hide out in “ordinary land” never standing apart, never asking for a raise or promotion, never being more than what you were raised to be. Now, just reading this isn’t going to move you forward. But it might jostle your thinking about who you are now AND who you WANT to be. Who you COULD BE if you were willing to take the risk of deeper more profound soulful living! So, take a minute to consider how you want to see yourself going forward. Afraid to take new chances? Limited by self-doubts? Determined to stay the way you are? Or…. Eager to see what is possible? Energized by taking risks? Open to a new, more soulful-living future? Yes, it will require you to stand apart from the crowd. Maybe it won’t be noticeable to anyone but you, but it will push you to be more outstanding in whatever ways you can. It might be socially, might be in your work, maybe in how you move forward in your spiritual endeavors. It requires you to be more fully YOU, distinctly and uniquely YOU. Please pay attention to this as so many people are reluctant...
Opening to Love Every Day

Opening to Love Every Day

20th Anniversary Issue   Ask yourself…did you ever receive any meaningful training or preparation for enjoyable, effective dating or for what it takes to create a healthy, truly loving and vital marriage? The fact is, most people have to say a big “No”! So what happens? Dating feels like a phony trial by fire. And marriage…well… take a look at the divorce rate. That’s clear and painful evidence of what to expect when people don’t know how to be with one another in a way that enriches them as individuals and as a couple, that helps them grow emotionally, spiritually, and brings them closer and closer as they grow together over time. There are several key elements that are essential, necessary, and non-negotiable: *** You have to be available to give love. *** You must be available to receive love. *** You have to be willing to own and work to release old emotional wounds so you can more fully live in the actual unfolding mystery of your relationship. *** You need to feel confident that you are increasingly learning how to address whatever needs attention so your relationship and your life together can continually flourish. To help you with this, we’re providing three key daily readings (they can be used as meditations or affirmations) from our daily email program “Opening To Love 365 Days A Year.” ****** Bringing More Love Into Your Life As you continue reading, begin asking yourself how open you are to receiving love, how generous you are in giving it, showing it, living it. We’ll bet you’ve struggled to define what love in real...
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