The other day I was listening to the radio, and the radio personality had a life coach on as guest speaker. The topic happened to be taking your spouse for granted.
She listed possible signs: Not taking time to look nice for your spouse, like you do when you go to work or going out. Not taking the extra time to plan a special occasion, or buy gifts (excuse! Oh we've been together too long to do all that!). She indicated that her blackberry helped save her marriage. She uses it to stay organized, using the reminder feature to simple tell her husband that she loves him.
The host also mentioned how we should revisit the reasons why we love our spouses, sharing and focusing on the positive reasons will keep the love flowing.
To add my 2 cents to this, I would suggest that we should pay more attention to our spouse by complimenting more, finding positive things to say verses negative. I learned at bible study, last week that it takes 7 positive words to overturn 1 negative word. People remember the negative more than positive. This is something I'm more mindful of, especially when dealing with my kids.
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