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5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 6:36am On Nov 03, 2015
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Here are 5 things to remember before falling
in love. Of course there are many more things
we should try to keep in mind before we make
a commitment to a partner, but for today,
here are 5.



1.


YOU DO NOT “FIND A RELATIONSHIP”, YOU
ARE GIVEN ONE:


It’s easy to believe that we have the ability to
“find a relationship”, but when it comes down
to it, is that really how it works? Is it really
just a matter of “finding” it? But then, how do
you know where to look, where to be, which
social circles to mingle in? And what
happens when this concept turns to be
equally easy as it is hard? What if you just
can’t seem to “find it” even though you are
looking in all the right places?


New-Age Spirituality and psychology
promotes the idea that you “attract” your
ideal partner, as per The Law of Attraction.
This is true in the sense that I believe that
you will “attract” the partner and the
relationship that you deserve. But not
necessarily the partner that you want, or the
relationship you fantasize about or even the
partner you might “think you deserve”.
How do you know exactly what you deserve?
It’s really simple. You deserve everything in
your life right now, everything exactly as it is.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.


If you desire more for yourself, you must
make yourself worthy of more, and your life
will change in order to reflect just that.
So, we cannot “find” a relationship, we are
given one. It is a gift. And our gift will be
exactly what we deserve and it will be given
at the most appropriate time for us.
When someone gives you a gift, we do not
have the right to demand the gift at a certain
time. It isn’t really something we can make
suggestions with. We simply have to wait and
be open to receiving it one day. But does
“waiting” mean being completely passive?
Maybe clearing out a space in your wardrobe
saw you can “law-of-attraction” your way
into a relationship? No! You have much more
important things to do this time, such as
developing good character traits within
yourself (these things are not created in a
day, it takes a lot of time!), learning special
skills, learning how to take care of others,
and studying what it really takes to make a
happy family (more on that in the next
section).


If you start to believe that you were “given”
your partner you will start to treat your time
with them as a gift. Because, it is.
I recently read this quote in a vedic forum:
The flower does not need to call for the bee,
it simply needs to bloom.



2.


BEING SINGLE IS A VERY VALUABLE TIME IN
YOUR LIFE:


Whether you have recently become single, or
you have been single for some time – I hope
you realize that this is a very valuable time
for you. I know you probably think it sucks,
but it doesn’t suck! Be patient. You have a
lot you need to work on during this time
anyway. At this time you have a very special
chance to educate yourself, to prepare for
your next “test” in life. And the tests we take
in the area of love and relationships tend to
be the hardest ones, they bear the heaviest
karma. So, work on yourself. Begin to make
improvements in your life on all different
levels: physical, emotional, intellectual and
spiritual.


Develop your good character traits, and start
breaking down your back habits (materialism,
addictions, spreading gossip etc) one by one.
When I say good character traits, we have the
tendency to think of things like “be more
confident” which is basically how we would
like to project ourselves out into the world.
BUT, this is not what I mean by good
character traits. Good character traits is what
we must change on the inside; the
fundamentals. Things like kindness, love,
compassion, optimism, generosity, humility,
calmness, patience, gentleness, grace etc.
You can read more on these qualities in this
blog post, about how to cultivate inner
beauty for women.


Whilst doing that, simultaneously look at
your negative characteristics and study the
skills you need to eradicate them from your
life, one small step at a time. Examples of
negative character traits are: anger, greed,
lack of will power, selfishness, coldness,
negativity, being judgmental, pride.
You see the problem with our negative
characteristics is that they can remain
dormant for a long time, but when they
exposed to the joys of love during the
honeymoon phase, these qualities tend to
spoil quickly. So once the honeymoon period
of your love wears off, you will be left with a
huge mess to clear up, that is – if you don’t
work on yourself a little bit first.
Also take this time to learn some special
skills. Indulge in some life-enriching hobbies.
Study how to take care of people and
naturally you will learn how to take care of
yourself too. Learn how to bring others joy.
Only the person who is learning how to bring
others joy can find peace with themselves.
If you are single it is because you do not
need to be in a relationship yet. And as soon
as you do, you will be in one. It will happen
the moment you deserve one. It will be that
fast!



3.


ASK FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE, NOT SOMEONE
TO LOVE YOU:


One of the fundamental principles of a good,
solid relationship – is that is not going to be
about you. It is about the other person. If you
can live according to this principle, you will
have a happy relationship. If both people can
live according to this principle, they will have
a great relationship! But if not both, then at
the very least – you. It truly only takes one
person to change the fate of the relationship.
In fact, I believe that we women were given
the ability to change our relationship on a
deeper level and to a slightly greater extent
than men.


We should shift the focus of our relationship
to adding value to our partner’s life, and not
simply to make ourselves happy, and not to
simply enjoy our partner. At the beginning of
any relationship this is of course very easy,
and very natural. After the honeymoon period
wears off, it isn’t so effortless. It becomes
harder to do that, but it is at that very
moment – when you simply just don’t WANT
to put your partner first (“because it just isn’t
fair!”)- that it is most important that you do.
The time in your relationship serves as time
for you to perfect the way you love another
person. They are your guru, teaching you,
disciplining you, reflecting you and showing
you every thing you need to know about
yourself and about love. So try not to see a
relationship as time for you to be loved
perfectly, but as a time for you to perfect the
way you love another person.



4



THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO US ARE NOT HERE
TO BE ENJOYED:


We like to believe that the people who we
allow closest to us in our lives are the people
that we will be able to enjoy the most. To
simply enjoy another person is when you
interact with them with the expectation that
they should bring you joy and pleasure by the
things they do, think and say. We see
someone we like and feel that they are such a
pleasure to be around! And then we try to
bring them closer, and more involved in our
life. After a while we realize that things are
not so easy any more! In fact, this sweet
person seems to bring us more problems
than good. Well, what happened?


You see, the people who we bring the closest
to us, or who are brought close to us by
default – are here to discipline us, to punish
us, to teach us life-lessons. They are here by
the laws of Karma due to our actions and our
unfulfilled duties of the past. Through them
you will pay off your heaviest karma. Through
them they also give you the greatest
opportunity to burn off your karma and
achieve happiness. They are not here to
simply be enjoyed, as you can see, they have
a very serious job to do!


It is in fact easier to “enjoy” people who are
further away from us. That’s why we can
maintain pleasant, harmonic, low-
maintenance relationships with the friend we
see once a week for coffee, and yet, to
maintain that same level of harmony in our
relationship with our partner, with our
children, with our parents, with our siblings –
is much harder.


So don’t expect to infinitely enjoy your
partner after you get together, because after
some time they are going to start resent
being “enjoyed” and so will you.



5.


YOUR PARTNER WILL BE YOUR MIRROR
IMAGE:


Whatever qualities you possess, it will be
reflected in your partner in either a masculine
or feminine form. Men and women all have
the same character traits, however they can
be expressed in different forms in the male
and female body. For example, if the woman
is a cold woman, a woman who is unable to
express warmth and affection, she will be
given a man who is also “cold” but in a
masculine form; inattentiveness, laziness.
If the woman is very independent and brave,
always takes charge of situations, and is
controlling – she will be given a man who is
irresponsible, indecisive, and has
apprehension about the future.


If the man is always angry, he will be given a
woman who is secretive, who hides a secret
life and her desires from him.
If the woman is unfaithful to her husband
either physically or emotionally, she will be
given a man who is unreasonable and
unintelligent (he wont be able to make
intelligent life decisions).


If the woman always criticizes the people
closest to her, she will be given a man who
simply has no motivation to achieve his
goals.


If the man is very responsible and takes care
of all his duties in life, he will be given a
woman who listens to him and trusts him.
if the man is intelligent and makes it a
priority to educate himself and develop
himself, he will be given a woman who is
faithful to him.


Going by this logic, this means that the best
way to change something about your partner
or about your relationship is by changing
yourself. If you can change yourself, then your
partner will also change in order to reflect the
laws of nature.



Thank you for reading today. I hope you are
all keeping well and warm this November grin
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Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 6:52am On Nov 03, 2015
Noted!!!



Writing it down, will remember them when next I want to fall in love
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by mhizpeaarl(f): 6:57am On Nov 03, 2015
6] Love conquers all.
. When You Love someone some faults are hidden. Am not saying you should Let a Third Party in. But always try to Learn and Listen to other people's complaints about ur Partner
Sometimes they help you grow because there is always a " SENCE " in some " NONSENSE "


7] Love I not actually BLIND:
Love with your HEAD not Just Your HEART


8] Don't Date Who You Love:
SIMPLY Love who you Date

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Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 7:10am On Nov 03, 2015
mhizpeaarl:
6] Love conquers all.
. When You Love someone some faults are hidden. Am not saying you should Let a Third Party in. But always try to Learn and Listen to other people's complaints about ur Partner
Sometimes they help you grow because there is always a " SENCE " in some " NONSENSE "


7] Love I not actually BLIND:
Love with your HEAD not Just Your HEART


8] Don't Date Who You Love:
SIMPLY Love who you Date
True cheesy.

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Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by mhizpeaarl(f): 7:13am On Nov 03, 2015
rexkexmilan:
True cheesy.

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Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 7:45am On Nov 03, 2015
cheesy
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 7:55am On Nov 03, 2015
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by hertz9te(m): 8:09am On Nov 03, 2015
mhizpeaarl:
6] Love conquers all.
. When You Love someone some faults are hidden. Am not saying you should Let a Third Party in. But always try to Learn and Listen to other people's complaints about ur Partner
Sometimes they help you grow because there is always a " SENCE " in some " NONSENSE "


7] Love I not actually BLIND:
Love with your HEAD not Just Your HEART


8] Don't Date Who You Love:
SIMPLY Love who you Date

Love conquers all?.....babe if you believe that,,,,you've been scammed
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by freezy(m): 2:11pm On Nov 04, 2015
mhizpeaarl:
6] Love conquers all.
. When You Love someone some faults are hidden. Am not saying you should Let a Third Party in. But always try to Learn and Listen to other people's complaints about ur Partner
Sometimes they help you grow because there is always a " SENCE " in some " NONSENSE "


7] Love I not actually BLIND:
Love with your HEAD not Just Your HEART


8] Don't Date Who You Love:
SIMPLY Love who you Date

smiley smiley wink
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by Nobody: 2:15pm On Nov 04, 2015
Love love love,,, sings out of thread
Re: 5 Things To Remember Before Falling In Love!!! by mhizpeaarl(f): 4:34pm On Nov 04, 2015

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