I READ THIS TODAY FROM OPRAH MAGAZINE. ARTICLE: LETTING LOVE IN. OCT. 2004.....
"IT'S SURPRISING HOW OFTEN THE COMPLIMENTS, APPRECIATION, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF A WELL-INTENTIONED PARTNER MAKE NO DENT IN THE ARMOR OF AN UNHAPPY PARTNER.
HARVILLE TICKS OFF THE WAYS WE DEFLECT WHAT WE SECRETLY CRAVE: BY DEVALUING PRAISE; BY ASSUMING THE OTHER PERSON IS INSINCERE; BY CRITICIZING THE SENDER OF A POSITIVE MESSAGE FOR NOT GETTING IT RIGHT, NOT DOING IT ON TIME, OR NOT DOING IT OFTEN ENOUGH; BY NOT LISTENING; OR BY FEELING EMBARRASSED. WE ALSO BLOCK LOVING WORDS BY HARDENING OUR CHEST AND STOMACH MUSCLES."
KEEPING YOUR GUARD UP IN A RETIONSHIP IS GUARANTEED TO KEEP THE LOVE OUT, TOO......
SOME WORDS I THOROUGH WERE SO TRUE....
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