My son’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was James Franklin, half brother of Benjamin Franklin. Uncle Ben gave us this advice. From Wikipedia: Franklin sought to cultivate his character by a plan of thirteen virtues, which he developed at age 20 (in 1726) and continued to practice in some form for the rest of his life. His autobiography [...]
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Marriage Health Preditors
Posted in January 18th, 2009
I came across some good and interesting research on healthy marriages. http://www.intropsych.com/ch16_sfl/four_horsemen.html The author writes that there are four strong predictors for failed marriages. They are: 1) Criticism – telling the other person his or her faults. 2) Defensiveness – denying responsibility to certain subjects, or refusing to discuss issues the spouse regards as important. [...]
Writing about Love
Posted in January 15th, 2009
I want to write more about one of the main topics of this forum, which is how to love better. The problem that I’m always facing is this: How do I write about mistakes in love without annoying other people, especially my wife? Everything I might write about making mistakes in relationships will make her [...]
The Essence of Love
Posted in October 25th, 2008
I used to wonder what the essence of love is. My mom passed away a few weeks ago, and now I know. Love is the essence of what we are. We don’t love; we are love. We don’t give love; we give of ourselves and that is being loving. We don’t love another person; we [...]
