Once a week I’ll make a frittata for dinner. I’ll sauté mushrooms, red peppers, onions, and toss in a few slices of a jalapeño. When the veggies are ready I’ll add egg whites and non fat mozzarella cheese. I’ll take it off the stovetop and pop it in oven for the final touch. When I plate it, I see how all the ingredients work together to make a tasty dish. No single individual item stands out. It’s a good life’s lesson for relationships, when we take our strengths and blend them with our partner’s strengths we create something wonderful.
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A Better Life ~ A Great Substitute
When WE replaces me, relationships flourish.
A Better Life ~ Is it Time to Loosen Up
Is it time for some therapy to loosen up a stiff neck? When we get too set on a way thinking, we begin to view all different viewpoints as the enemy. When we loosen up and listen, we may find we’re not so far apart and want many of the same things. The problem is often not in the ends, but over the means.
A Better Life ~ Fire Up The Passion
No matter how long you’ve been together, kiss like you’re lovers and haven’t seen each other for a while. Fire up your passion.
A Better Life ~ We Are Connected
Travel opens our eyes to different cultures. We discover, no matter where our origin, we are much alike. We may speak differently, pray differently, and eat differently. When we meet people different from us, we understand how closely we are connected. Be open to travel, new experiences, and opening of the mind.
A Better Life ~ Keep it Shining
When it’s shining, don’t throw shade. Everything will be brighter.
A Better Life – Ripe Figs
I’m picking ripe figs from my fig tree today. The figs are sweet and delicious. I recall buying this fig tree three years ago for twenty dollars. I water it, prune it, and praise it. I’m sure it hears my heart felt praise. It’s not the lottery, but it’s a ripe fig. I’m savoring every bite. I believe I see another ripe fig. I leave it for the mocking birds.
A Better Life ~ Honoring the Journey
We are gifted in a relationship when we are encouraged to continue the journey of self-discovery toward fulfilling our destiny. When each partner to the relationship honors this is in the other, two strong people emerge as co-participants in the creation of the relationship.
A Better Life ~ Give and Take
Life is a lot of giving and taking. It’s the way it works. If we want happy, healthy relationships we let go and tip the balance toward the giving side of the scale. There are times when we gratefully take and accept what is offered to us. It never balances out. I think that relationships whether at work, socially, or with a committed partner, the balance is always tilted toward the giving side of the scale. In healthy relationships, one doesn’t measure the amount of give and take. It happens the way it supposed to happen.
A Better Life ~ Are You in a Good Relationship
Are you in a good relationship? I hope so. Let the other know how much you love him/her often. Let him/her know how honored you are to be a relationship with someone who brings so much to the relationship. Tell him/her what it is they bring to the relationship. Hold hands. Dance. Play. Talk and listen. Forgive. Be passionate with each other. Never let the sun rise or set without a kiss and saying, “I love you.”
