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Elder Henry B. Eyring once said “at the creation of man and woman, unity for them in marriage was not given as hope, it was a command… That union in love is not simply an ideal. It is a necessity.” This statement in itself shows how essential it is that couples come together and areContinue reading “Más Cerca De Ti, Quiero Estar.”

            Always keep purity foremost in heart and mind. There are four different types of love. Among these are physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional. Each one of these can be nourished through different types of intimacy. However, the world we live in would rather us focus on the “sexual” aspect within relationships. Notice that wasn’tContinue reading ““In-To-Me-See””

            We are living in a world that attacks anything good. True Love is good. However, many would try and make the world believe that a counterfeit love is true love. Some characteristics of this counterfeit love is self-infatuation, domineering, lustful, pornographic, technologically centered, and arrogant. However, love is frequently portrayed this way in media.Continue reading “The Real Deal”

Ice cream and roses, and everything will be okay. Frequently people will try everything they can to avoid actually confronting issues and working through them. Confrontation can be really scary because very few people likes conflict. President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) taught: “I have long felt that the greatest factor in a happy marriage is anContinue reading “Tell Me How You Really Feel”

                You rarely admit you’re wrong, apologizing is very difficult, being corrected is out of the question, constant faultfinding. Does any of this sound like your interactions with your significant other? These are just a few examples of the many ways that pride may be present in your relationship. Pride for many is the easiestContinue reading “Maybe It’s Me”

When we look to the media for direction on what love is and what a healthy relationship is, we frequently see the grandiose acts where they propose at the Eiffel tower, or fill the girl’s room with one hundred roses. While some may fantasize about having these types of relationships, these demonstrations of affection areContinue reading “Small & Simple Things”

Names have been changed for privacy purposes. I know you’re probably sick of my nursing home stories, but these people have lived the full course of life. They have seen and understand what works and what doesn’t. During my last visit to the nursing home, the sweet woman I visit named Marie was telling meContinue reading “All or Nothing”

In this day and age we live in, I have come to realize everybody has baggage. We develop this in a variety of ways, from friendships, relationships, family, etc. This largely effects if a person responds with a positive or negative sentiment override. Somebody that has been emotionally abused will most likely respond to manyContinue reading “For Better or For Worse”

Bruce C Hafen said that there are three wolves that we will face in life in our marriages. Among these wolves includes excessive individualism. The definition of the word individualism means self-reliant and independent. These qualities are frequently admirable when in moderation. The threat that individualism has to marriage is when it becomes the mainContinue reading “Selfish vs. Self-Centered”

As a young adult living in the twenty first century, I am constantly hearing things about how the world just continues to get more wicked. I recently was visiting a nursing home one Sunday morning before I had church in the afternoon. As I was talking to the elderly women, I asked them the “basicContinue reading “Line Upon Line”