Families and Love

Love is a serious issue and special care is needed to cultivate it and to keep it growing

Year: 2010

What is Mature Love? Part 6

          Mature Love and how Love Manifests Itself Throughout a Lifetime of Growth   Mature love and how love manifests itself throughout a lifetime, is all about growth. It is also about the development of the love we have for ourselves and others. Mature people know that even if today is a horrible day, tomorrow can be much better. They understand that the bad patches are just as beneficial to a relationship as...

What is Mature Love? Part 5

      Mature Love Allows the Other to Grow Allowing the Other to Grow has it's Limits   Mature love allows others to grow and to have different interests from your own. Keeping your partner from growing will not make him/her, love you more. Everybody grows, your partner will change and so will you, is is part of our freedom to do so. Therefore, you must be willing to allow your partner to grow, and he must allow you the same...

What is Mature Love? Part 4

    Realistic Expectations     Mature love and how love manifests itself  throughout a lifetime has an element of having realistic expectations. When you are in a serious, adult romantic relationship, each person has to be aware of the others expectations. These expectations should be discussed, and to debate whether they are realistic or not. For example, are you aware that your partner is not there to keep you happy all...

What is Mature Love? Part 3

    Mature Love Comes With Responsibility   So, now you believe you are mature enough to be in an adult romantic relationship. Thus, you should also be mature enough to take responsibility for the decisions you make. Making that decision means you should be mature enough to discuss what you expect from one another. For example, are you both ready to engage in sexual activity? Are you mature enough to discuss your responsibility...

What is Mature Love? Part 2

      Mature Love Sometimes Manifests Itself in the Teen Years Love in the Teen Years - Early Adolescence   Mature love sometimes manifests itself in the teen years and its beginnings show up at about the age of 12. This is when some teen begin to have romantic feelings. They begin to learn the art of romance. Like we had to learn to talk and walk when we were very young, and how we will have to learn the challenges of...

What is Mature Love? Part 1

What is Mature Love Crushes in our Younger Years   "What is mature love" is a journey of discovery at every cycle of your life. You never know how it will affect you and those around you. Love will teach you different things throughout your life. It will not always be joyful, but it will sometimes be magical, and it will often surprise you. You will have crushes in your early years!       Crushes in our Younger Years  ...

Being Yourself and Loving it: Part 4

      Loving who you are Go With the Flow     Loving who you are means to discover who you are and to admit to yourself who you are. It means figuring out what you want to be and how you want to live your life. I wanted to work from home and searched for a job I could do from there. There wasn't anything I wanted more than being at home raising my children. I love being a homemaker, cleaning, cooking, working outdoors,...

Being Yourself and Loving it: Part 3

  Love Being Yourself How to Express Yourself Through Your Hobbies     Love being yourself, you are so unique and beautiful, you really have no idea how true this is. One of the ways you can express that beauty may be through hobbies. Hobbies may be beneficial especially if they are in any way an expression of who you are. For example, painting, sculpting and writing, may lead you to some inner insights about who you really are....

Being Yourself and Loving it: Part 2

    Being Yourself and Loving it Journaling Will Help you in Your Journey Towards Being Yourself   Being yourself and loving it allows you to spend time on your own. You don't have to feel guilty about spending time journaling, walking, reading, and doing whatever else you want to do. Experience life on your own terms, doing for yourself the things you would gladly do for other people you love. In other words, love yourself as...

Being Yourself and Loving it: Part 1

    Being Yourself and Loving it   Being yourself and loving it, means loving yourself for who and what you are. What it means to be yourself is essential to being a mentally healthy individual. It means being real and true to yourself and others. It is about figuring out what you want, what you need out of life and how to get these things. Knowing  your strengths and weaknesses, your good qualities and your bad ones, are...