Relationships

One lovely thought we found on the internet on love and relationships….
“I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.”

A few quotes….

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."
Socrates.

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”
Oscar Wilde

“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.”
Albert Einstein

“The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.” Nietzsche
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”  H. D. Thoreau

“I love people. I love my family, my children . . . but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.” Pearl S. Buck
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Rumi

WikiHow has compiled this following  guide for healthy relationships….

Do not expect anyone to be responsible for your happiness
Make and keep clear agreements
Use communication
Approach your relationship as a learning experience
Tell the unarguable truth
Forgive one another.
Review your expectations
Be Responsible
Spend some quality time together.
Laugh.
Admit Your Mistakes
Appreciate each other

Most of these sound clichéd….but….they are the essence….!!!

….and finally…a word of caution….and wisdom….

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
Kahlil Gibran