Your acceptance of what marriage is will dictate how you approach nearly every aspect of the relationship. One way to define the term “philosophy” is the perspective of values attributed to a given subject. In other words, a philosophy is the meaning and purpose of something. So depending on your philosophy of marriage, your attitudes, your feelings, and your actions will be dictated by it.
We all have regrets, but how do you live with them? What can I do to overcome these regrets in my life? Is there a way to live with them or get rid of them?
To make a marriage work, many things must go right. But with all the problems that can happen in a marriage, only one type of marriage can’t be saved.
We are taught that jealousy is wrong. Indeed, it often leads to disastrous results. But is it normal? Or is it the result of some wrong thinking or the result of wrong decisions?
God built the family to function in a particular way. When we know the roles, influences, and dynamics of God’s plan, everything in the family works better.
We think that our actions define us more than our words. But the reality is exactly the opposite. Our actions are important, but our actions are psychologically used to judge the truth of our words, and judging the truth of our words is an act of judging who you are as a person. Be careful what you say.
Every parent wants their values to be transferred to their children, but many parents seem to be reluctant to impose these values out of some fear.
Typically, a wife worries more about the marriage. Anytime I do marriage counseling, I require the couple to privately rate their marriage between 0 and 10 — zero being hell on earth and ten being heaven on earth. Almost without fail, the wife will put down a lower number than her husband. Often, the disparity between the numbers is large. She will put down a zero or a one and he will put down a seven or an eight.
At some point, your children will begin to recognize the hypocrisy in your life. In truth, we all are hypocrites to some degree or another. Most people will admit that they believe in their hearts that something is wrong, yet haven’t found the character or desire to stop doing it themselves.
There is some debate over whether or not you should allow your teenager to disagree with you. I’m of the mind that if the teenager doesn’t have a platform to voice his or her disagreements, you could isolate your teenager from you in a way that you would not like.
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