Beyond Valentine's Day
Simple Solutions for Long Term Relationship Wellness
February is Relationship Wellness Month.
Of course, it is Valentine's Day on February 14. Each year at this time, the media fills your TV with commercials, websites and search engines, and newspapers and mailboxes with advertisements reminding you to buy something special for your honey on Valentine's Day. But what about all the other days when there are no reminders, and we forget to do something nice - or even worse, to be nice to that someone special?
Here are some easy simple solutions to long-term relationships that will keep that flicker of love going far beyond the Valentine’s Day gift:
• Be Happy All By Yourself First. If you are intrinsically happy when you are alone, when someone else enters your personal space, your happiness will radiate from you to them, and like a mirror, it will reflect back to you.
• Don't Play The "If Only" Game. “If only” I were twenty pounds lighter, then I would be happy… “if only” I had a husband/wife that would be home more often, then I would be happy. "If only" never comes, or rather it comes, you get the thing you wanted, and instead of being happy, you change the "if only" to something else. Just be satisfied with what you have, what you weight, what you look like, the clothes you own, where you live, what you drive and who you're with.
• Look For The Good In Your Partner. You will find good if you are looking for good and you will find bad if you look for the bad. Make a conscious choice to see the good in your partner and focus on what is right in your relationship. The more good you see, the happier you will be.
February is Relationship Wellness Month.
Of course, it is Valentine's Day on February 14. Each year at this time, the media fills your TV with commercials, websites and search engines, and newspapers and mailboxes with advertisements reminding you to buy something special for your honey on Valentine's Day. But what about all the other days when there are no reminders, and we forget to do something nice - or even worse, to be nice to that someone special?
Here are some easy simple solutions to long-term relationships that will keep that flicker of love going far beyond the Valentine’s Day gift:
• Be Happy All By Yourself First. If you are intrinsically happy when you are alone, when someone else enters your personal space, your happiness will radiate from you to them, and like a mirror, it will reflect back to you.
• Don't Play The "If Only" Game. “If only” I were twenty pounds lighter, then I would be happy… “if only” I had a husband/wife that would be home more often, then I would be happy. "If only" never comes, or rather it comes, you get the thing you wanted, and instead of being happy, you change the "if only" to something else. Just be satisfied with what you have, what you weight, what you look like, the clothes you own, where you live, what you drive and who you're with.
• Look For The Good In Your Partner. You will find good if you are looking for good and you will find bad if you look for the bad. Make a conscious choice to see the good in your partner and focus on what is right in your relationship. The more good you see, the happier you will be.
posted by Angela Brown @ 7:57 PM
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