SelfGrowth.com: How to Make Your Marriage Last & 5 Secrets to Fulfillment

 [SelfGrowth.com]  Self Improvement Newsletter Improve Your Life Today!  6/27/16 issue:  How to Make Your Marriage Last & 5 Secrets to Fulfillment Email for: {EMAIL} * Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter * Issue #928, Week of June 27-28, 2016 Publisher: David Riklan - [] In this issue: -- Quotes of the Week -- Article: 7 Powerful Ways to Make Your Marriage Last - By Sharon M. Rivkin -- Article: Get More Out of Life! 5 Secrets to Greater Fulfillment - By Lorene Collier Purcy -- Book Review: Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting - By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer -- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter -- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------ *** Quotes of the Week *** ------------------------------------------------------------ “They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.” - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1836-1907 “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862 “There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: 7 Powerful Ways to Make Your Marriage Last - By Sharon M. Rivkin *** ------------------------------------------------------------ Marriage is supposed to last “forever,” isn’t it? When we decide to get married, we truly believe that forever will happen. Sometimes that’s easier said than done, because most of us don’t have realistic guidelines or tools to know how to make a marriage last. When we fall in love, we usually think that’s all we’ll need to be happy. However, when “reality” sets in and a couple has their first real argument, they both realize that their partner isn’t perfect. In the beginning of a relationship, we do our best to give our partner the benefit of the doubt, expressing our love and goodwill, even when we’re upset. However, as time goes on, it can get harder and harder to resolve arguments and, therefore, harder and harder to feel loving and forgiving towards our partner. It’s at these times that we start to ask ourselves, is there a secret to making a marriage last? Is it really possible to live happily ever after? Can I make my marriage divorce-proof? The answer to all of these questions is YES! However, the hardest question to answer is: How do we do it? How do I have a lasting, happy marriage that doesn’t end in divorce court? The first thing to remember is that keeping a marriage healthy and happy is hard work and will not happen on its own; just like a flower won’t grow if it isn’t watered and fed. Marriages need nurturing, tending to, time, and energy! We often forget that a marriage contains two human beings who both need to be appreciated, heard, valued, and respected. With this in mind, here are seven ways to make your marriage last: 1. Keep the lines of communication open. If you don’t know how to express your feelings and/or have poor listening skills, learn to get better at both. You can read a book, take a class, get into counseling. Good communication requires both the ability to express and listen. 2. Don’t sweep your fights under the rug and think they’ll magically resolve themselves. Do your best to resolve your first argument as soon as it arises so you won’t have the same argument for the next fifty years, in different forms. 3. Remember that you love your partner; therefore, you want the best for her/him. Give her/him the benefit of the doubt when you feel angry, hurt, or disappointed. Talk to your partner; don’t make assumptions. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** ARTICLE: Get More Out of Life! 5 Secrets to Greater Fulfillment - By Lorene Collier Purcy *** ------------------------------------------------------------ Like many people, you may experience times in your life when you're seeking something, but are unsure what of what it is. Maybe you want to live a life that has purpose, reward and challenge or perhaps you desire more excitement. Whatever type of greater fulfillment in life that you seek, these 5 secrets for living a more satisfying, fulfilling life will start you in the right direction: 1. Do what you truly enjoy. Have you always wanted to read more books, write poetry or travel to Europe? • Whatever it is you really love to do, make a plan right away to do it and do it often. • Avoid making any excuses for why you "can't" do something you really want to do. • Make it happen: put it in your calendar and turn down other invitations if you need to. • Set a goal and create an action plan to ensure you fit into your life whatever it is that makes your heart sing. 2. Open your mind to new possibilities. Be willing to make changes in your life. When you keep your mind open, interesting and exciting experiences will come your way. You just might stumble in to the most fulfilling life ever by trying something new. • Maybe you ought to take that job transfer to another state. • Perhaps you should join the club that several of your friends want you to explore. • Get to know someone new and totally different. 3. Save your money for something special. Whatever it is you yearn for - your own condo, a first cruise, or a new electric car - focus on working and saving to get it. Part of living a great life is going after something you really want. • Set up a bank account to save specifically for the object or experience you desire. Make it a priority to make regular deposits to this account. • Saving money over a period of time and then buying your "dream" is incredibly fulfilling when the dream has a strong presence in your everyday life. • In fact, a fulfilling life involves several episodes of saving and obtaining milestones and rewards of your own choosing. ** To read the full article, [go here.] ------------------------------------------------------------ *** BOOK REVIEW: Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting - By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer *** ------------------------------------------------------------ This book is dedicated to your mastery of the art of realizing all your desires. The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination. Everything that now exists was once imagined. And everything that will ever exist must first be imagined. Wishes Fulfilled is designed to take you on a voyage of discovery, wherein you can begin to tap into the amazing manifesting powers that you possess within you and create a life in which all that you imagine for yourself becomes a present fact. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explores, for the first time, the region of your highest self; and definitively shows you how you can truly change your concept of yourself, embark upon a God-realized way of living, and fulfill the spiritual truth that with God all things are possible—and “all things” means that nothing is left out. By practicing the specific technique for retraining your subconscious mind, you are encouraged to not only place into your imagination what you would like to manifest for yourself, but you are given the specifics for realigning your life so you can live out your highest calling and stay connected to your Source of being. From the lofty perspective of your highest self, you will learn how to train your imagination in a new way. Your wishes—all of them—can indeed be fulfilled. By using your imagination and practicing the art of assuming the feeling of your wishes being fulfilled, and steadfastly refusing to allow any evidence of the outer world to distract you from your intentions, you will discover that you, by virtue of your spiritual awareness, possess the ability to become the person you were destined to be. This book will help you See—with a capital S—that you are Divine, and that you already possess an inner, invisible higher self that can and will guide you toward a mastery of the art of manifestation. You can attain this mastery through deliberate conscious control of your imagination! ***** The list Price of this book is $15.95. 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