Love Your Partner
Would lke to share these meaningful articles which i get from my mail box.
TRUST
TRUST is a very
important factor for all relationships. When trust
is broken, it is the end of the relationship.
Lack of trust leads to
suspicion,suspicion generates
anger, anger causes enmity and enmity
may result in separation.
A telephone operator told
me that one day she received a phone
call. She answered, "Public
Utilities Board." There was silence.
She repeated,
"PUB." There was still no answer. When she was
going
to cut off the line, she
Heard a lady’s voice, "Oh, so this is PUB.
Sorry, I got the number from
my Husband’s pocket but I do not know whose number
it is."
Without mutual trust, just
imagine what will happen to the couple
if the telephone operator
answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".
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NO POINTING FINGERS
A man asked his
father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a
successful marriage. Could you please share with me
our secret?" The
father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticise
your wife for her
shortcomings or when she does
something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of
her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not
find a better husband
than you."
We all look forward to
being loved and respected. Many people are
afraid of losing face.
Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he would
look around to find a scapegoat to
point the finger at. This is the start of a
war.
We should always remember
that when we point one finger at a
person, the other four
fingers are pointing at ourselves.
If we forgive the others,
others will ignore our mistake too.
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CREATING PERFECT
RELATIONSHIPS?
A person visited the
government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and
requested "I am looking
for a spouse. Please help me to find a
suitable one." The SDU
officer said, "Your requirements, please." "Oh, good
looking, polite,humorous,
sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and
dancing.
Willing to accompany me the
whole day at home during my leisure
hour, if I don’t go out.
Telling me interesting stories when I need companion
for conversation and be
silent when I want to rest." The officer
listened carefully and
replied, "I understand you need television."
There is a saying that a
perfect match can only be found between a
blind wife and a deaf
husband,because the blind wife cannot see the
faults of the husband and the
deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife.
Many couples are blind
and deaf at the courting stage and dream of
perpetual perfect
relationship.
Unfortunately, when the
excitement of love wears off, they wake up
and discover that marriage is
not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.
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NO OVERPOWERING
Many relationships fail
because one party tries to overpower
another, or demands too
much. People in love tend to think that love will
conquer all and their spouses will change the
bad habits after marriage.
Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying
which carries the
meaning that "It is
easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person’s
character."
It is not easy to change.
Thus, having high expectation on changing
the spouse character will
cause disappointment and unpleasantness.
It would be less
painful to change ourselves and lower our
expectations..
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RIGHT SPEECH
There is a Chinese
saying which carries the meaning that "A speech
will either prosper or
ruin a nation." Many relationships break off
because of wrong
speech. When a couple is too close with each other, we
always forget mutual respect
and courtesy. We may say anything without
considering if it would hurt
the other party.
A friend and her millionaire
husband visited their construction
site. A worker who wore a
helmet saw her and shouted,
"Hi, Emily! Remember me?
We used to date in the secondary school."
On the way home, her
millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married
me.Otherwise you will be the
wife of a construction worker." She
answered,"You should
appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he
will be the millionaire and
not you."
Frequently exchanging these
remarks plants the seed for a bad
relationship.
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PERSONAL PERCEPTION
Different people have
different perception. One man’s meat could be
another man’s poison. A
couple bought a donkey from the market. On the way
home,a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither
of them ride on the
donkey?" Upon hearing that, the
husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He
walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and
commented, "The husband
is the head of family. How
can the wife ride on the donkey while the
husband is on foot?"
Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband
ride on the donkey.
Further on the way
home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How
can the man ride on the
donkey but let the wife walk. He is no
gentleman."
The husband thus quickly
asked the wife to join him on the donkey.
Then, they met a young man.
He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up
the weight of two persons.
They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband
and wife immediately
climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their
shoulders.
It seems to be the only
choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the
donkey was frightened and struggled.
They lost their balance and
fell into the river.
You can never have everyone praise you, nor will
everyone condemn you.
Never in the past, not at present, and never will be
in the future.
Thus, do not be too bothered
by others words if our conscience is clear..
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BE PATIENT
This is a true story
which happened in the States. A man came out
of his home to admire
his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old
son was happily
hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck. The man
ran to his son, knocked him
away, hammered the little boy’s hands into
pulp as punishment. When the
father calmed down, he rushed his son to the
hospital.
Although the doctor tried
desperately to save the crushed bones, he
finally had to amputate the
fingers from both the boy’s hands. When
the boy woke up from the
surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently
said,"Daddy,I’m sorry
about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my
fingers going to grow
back?" The father went home & committed suicide.
Think about this story the
next time someone steps on your feet or
u wish to take revenge. Think
first before u lose your patience with
someone u love. Trucks can be
repaired.. Broken bones & hurt feelings often
can’t.
Too often we fail to
recognise the difference between the person
and the performance. We
forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.
People make mistakes. We are
allowed to make mistakes. But the
actions we take while in a
rage will haunt us forever.
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Pause and ponder. Think
before you act. Be patient. Forgive &
forget.
Love one and all. If you judge people, you
have no time to love
them.
