We Cannot Erase The Past, But We

Encouragement Requires Empathy And Seeing The World From Your Spouse's Perspective. We Must First Learn What Is Important To Our Spouse. Only Then Can We Give Encouragement. With Verbal Encouragement, We Are Trying To Communicate, "i Know. I Care. I Am With You. How Can I Help?" We Are Trying To Show That We Believe In Him And In His Abilities. We Are Giving Credit And Praise.

If I Walk In The House, And I Greet My Wife, And I Give Her A Hug, Kiss Her On The Cheek, And I Say To Her, "honey, How'd Your Day Go," And I Listed To How Her Day Went. If I Say, "is There Anything I Can Do To Help You," And She Tells Me, "honey, If You Could Peel The Potatoes," Or Whatever, I Have Influenced My Wife In A Very Positive Way.

True Love Cannot Begin Until The "in Love" Experience Has Run It's Course.

What We Dislike In Others Is Often A Weakness In Our Own Lives.

Expressing Love In The Right Language. We Tend To Speak Our Own Love Language, To Express Love To Others In A Language That Would Make Us Feel Loved. But If It Is Not His/her Primary Love Language, It Will Not Mean To Them What It Would Mean To Us.