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Could Your Mate Have your CellPhone for a Day & Your Relationship Remain the Same? TonyaTko Asks

Special thanks to Oluwafemi from my Facebook Page for posing this question. 1. Could your Mate have access to your cellphone for a day and your relationship stay the same? 2. What about your PC? Email, pics videos, banking info? 3. Why not be transparent? 4. If you’re unhappy why do you stay? When will you be happy? 5. When was the last time you asked your mate if he/she were happy? 6. Does happiness happen inside so it doesnt matter what type of relationship youre in 7. Do we gravitate towards being happy naturally but should the search start INSIDE?

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Tips For Being Happy

www.encognitive.com How to be happy The following are just a few tips taken from a long list on “tips for being happy.” 1. Live in the present. Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs will become confused, and your anxiety will increase. These realities are explained as “When you are in the evening, do not expect to see the morning, and when you are in the morning, do not expect to see the evening.” The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius once wrote, “Every person’s life is in the present. For the past is done and spent with, and the future uncertain.” 2. Focus on what you’re doing and not the opinions of others. Don Miguel Ruiz wrote, “”Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” Or that, “Do not be shaken by criticism; instead, be firm. Be sure that in proportion to your worth, the level of people’s criticism rises. Also, make good use of criticism in discovering your shortcomings and faults, and let it drive you toward self-improvement. 3. Learn from your mistakes. Everything happens for a reason so that we may learn from it. Perhaps the worst that has happened to you has happened in your best interest, even though you might not have comprehended how that could be at the time it happened. 4. Be grateful and …

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Don’t Dumb Down Your Joy

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The Wedding Ceremony of Lisa and Gordon Kuhns

. Ideally, you will never stop building your relationship. Together you will find new ways to enhance each others lives while finding greater happiness and meaning in your own. Take the time to talk about each others expectations, hopes, and dreams. Be flexible and willing to adapt well to changes and new circumstances. Take the time to tell each other what you want. Take the risk of being vulnerable with each other. Above all, remember that, in order for love to flourish, it must be …