Relationship – The Undertaking

AA wrote: So timely!  We were trying to write a letter together regarding an insurance claim and we were butting heads!  Good reminder to listen:)

BB wrote: I think it's perfect! Thank you!!

Relationship – The Undertaking

Love is an emotion, but a relationship is an undertaking. The degree to which we feel loved in our relationships has to do precisely with how we behave, what we say, offer, recognize and respond to in another human being.

That’s because, although we don’t like to believe it, at the level of an interpersonal relationship love is contingent upon behaviour. Love, the emotion, just doesn’t stick around forever in the face of inattention or abuse on the part of the people involved.

Therefore, if you want your mate to feel the love you have in your heart, make it your business to listen, to discover what, at the level of her soul, she needs to hear, to see, to be shown and to receive; what, at the depth of his soul, he needs to be told, how he needs to touched, encouraged, cherished, and believed in.

Daphne Rose Kingma: A Garland of Love

No comments needed - I think this says it all.