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Be
expressive
Appreciation and gratefulness have magic in
them. Learn to express your feelings and convey
your appreciation towards your partner. Never
let a day pass by without saying or showing
in some way how much your relationship and
partner mean to you. Never take a moment for
granted. Express how grateful you are for
all the good times you've shared with him/her
and how wonderful the future would be with
him/her by your side.
Be sensitive
Any negative, hurtful or sarcastic remark
is abusive and detrimental to the growth of
a relationship. Like a sharp knife, each word
will carve out a chunk of a loving relationship
that can never grow back.
Before you open your mouth, try keeping yourself
in your partner's shoes & consider the
source and outcome of your remark(s).
Agree to disagree
Life is short. Don't waste it on arguments
that have no meaning or purpose. If you are
truly compatible, you must learn to 'agree
to disagree' and dissolve your mutual differences
in respect for each other's opinions. In this
way, you can laugh about it, and go on to
the next thing. After all, for you to be right,
must your partner be necessarily wrong?
Be forgiving
To forgive and to seek forgiveness is the
greatest of all human virtues. When you finally
learn to say, "I admit I made a mistake"
or "I am sorry", you get to finally
hear you are O.K. Similarly, when you say,
"It's okay, I forgive you", you
are not only showing your partner how sensitive,
compassionate & understanding you are,
but also allowing him/her the freedom to confess
and communicate his/her feelings openly to
you without the fear of being misunderstood
or unpardoned. In other words, by practicing
forgiveness, you are allowing your partner
to become your confidante and best friend.
Be unconditional
Unconditional love is easy to talk about but
hard to practice in real life. It is an inner
virtue that holds key to happy relationships
and is indeed the foundation stone for all
quality relationships. To accept your mate
unconditionally just the way he/she is, rather
than trying to change him/her according to
your own expectations & for your own sake
is what is meant by unconditional acceptance.
Instead of constantly cribbing about what
you dislike about your partner and loosing
out on all the happiness and good times you
can have, try looking at and valuing all the
things you admire about him/her and which
bind you together in a relationship. Don't
forget each one of us have our own set of
flaws and nobody is really perfect. Including
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