Better Marriage Workshop

What Marriage Is

by Stephen on December 22, 2009

Marriage is an intentional act and the need for intention never eases. Marriage is an opportunity for self growth, a Petri dish of unending discovery.

Marriage can take you beyond self absorption, narcissism and past wounds. You can do it by focusing on loving rather than being loved.

Marriage creates community – good or not so good. It’s in your hands. And the community you create has real impact on the larger community you live in.

Marriage unfolds. It is never the same. If offers new discoveries, real challenges, options for creating your life – every day.

Marriage is a partnership in disguise. Like any partnership it calls for sobriety of thought and emotion, calls for decisive action, calls for empathy, calls for openness to new ideas and calls for accountability. Whether or not you’re up to it will determine the quality of your partnership and therefore, your life.

Celebrate the cosmic offer of gratitude for the birth of children everywhere. May you and your family discover this year a joy filled holiday.

Stephen and Lynn

Our next Couples Workshop is scheduled for January 23, 2010

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We’re heading down the holiday home stretch. Some of us are anxious, some not so much. Some of us believe that the ‘happiness equation’ – that measure we unconsciously apply to the quality of our own holiday experience – depends on the number of parties we attend, the size of gifts we buy or the electronic vs paper cards we send out.

That may be so but I offer you a few other measures by which you can ‘reality check’ your own experience of this delicious time of year. Here are some home grown observations that help my wife and I stay grounded as the world around us spins. [click to continue…]

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