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“Like the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which says that in closed energy systems things tend to run down and get less orderly, the same seems to be true of closed relationships like marriages. My guess is that if you do nothing to make things get better in your marriage but do not do anything wrong, the marriage will still tend to get worse over time. To maintain a balanced emotional ecology you need to make an effort—think about your spouse during the day, think about how to make a good thing even better, and act.”
― Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last
― Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last
“Human nature dictates that it is virtually impossible to accept advice from someone unless you feel that that person understands you.”
― The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
― The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work
“in relationships, it typically takes about five positive interactions to overcome the effects of a single negative one (Gottman 1995).”
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
― Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
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On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
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“Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work. I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off a branch here and a branch there, I want to have the whole tree down. I don’t want to drill the tooth, or crown it, or stop it, but to have it out. Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.”
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