” The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. ”…
Every job or relationship it’s your duty to love it, or change it
” Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home … it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.” Chuck Palahniuk
Young couples that are getting married : don’t go to bed mad
” What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you’re going to have quarrels, and on some things, you’re just going to have to agree to disagree. And when you go to bed at night, kiss each…
Marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity
” When people get married because they think it’s a long-time love affair, they’ll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.” Joseph Campbell
In a relationship respond actively when that person has a victory, to increase love and friendship
” On the relationship side, if you teach people to respond actively and constructively when someone they care about has a victory, it increases love and friendship and decreases the probability of depression. ” Martin Seligman