Ti Amo

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Romanz Ti Amo

I PROMISE

I promise to be your warm spot to cuddle up to when you feel cold
I promise to be your soft place to land if you should fall
I promise to be the first one to say I am sorry (even if I was right)
I promise to be there for you in all of your times of joy and sorrow
I promise to support you no matter what your decision (even if I don't agree )
I promise to make a new memory with you each and every day
I promise to love you without change.
I promise to make you laugh
I promise to make you cry
I promise to give you strength when you are weak
I promise to cherish you and your love
I promise to compromise with you
I promise to never take your love for granted
I promise to never lose faith in you
I promise to never give you a reason to distrust me
I promise to always trust you
I promise to work with you to resolve our conflicts
I promise to always be proud of you
I promise to never let you feel alone in this world
I promise to find new ways everyday to keep the fires of passion burning
I promise to always keep you as an equal partner
I promise to never say things to you in anger
I promise to be your partner for life
I promise to be your shelter from the storm
I promise you a love everlasting.

(BETER AS DIE KON EK NIE SE NIE - DIS HOE MY HART VOEL)

Beloftes: Dag 3

Vandag is 'n harde dag.  ek kry nie asem nie.  Ekt nie woorde nie.

YOU NEVER KNOW TRUE HAPPINESS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRULY LOVED,
AND YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT PAIN REALLY IS UNTIL YOU HAVE LOST IT.

The love dare: Day 3

Day 3

Love is not selfish

 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love;
give preference to one another in honor. —Romans 12:10

We live in a world that is enamored with “self.” The culture around us teaches us to focus on our appearance, feelings, and personal desires as the top priority. The goal, it seems, is to chase the highest level of happiness possible. The danger from this kind of thinking, however, becomes painfully apparent once inside a marriage relationship.

If there were ever a word that basically means the opposite of love, it is selfishness. Unfortunately it is something that is ingrained into every person from birth. You can see it in the way young children act, and often in the way adults mistreat one another. Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. Yet you cannot point out the many ways your spouse is selfish without admitting that you can be selfish too. That would be hypocritical.

Why do we have such low standards for ourselves but high expectations for our mate? The answer is a painful pill to swallow. We are all selfish.

When a husband puts his interests, desires, and priorities in front of his wife, that’s a sign of selfishness. When a wife constantly complains about the time and energy she spends meeting the needs of her husband, that’s a sign of selfishness. But love “does not seek its own” (1 Corinthians 13:5). Loving couples—the ones who are enjoying the full purpose of marriage—are bent on taking good care of the other flawed human they get to share life with. That’s because true love looks for ways to say “yes.”

One ironic aspect of selfishness is that even generous actions can be selfish if the motive is to gain bragging rights or receive a reward. If you do even a good thing to deceitfully manipulate your husband or wife, you are still being selfish. The bottom line is that you either make decisions out of love for others or love for yourself.

Love is never satisfied except in the welfare of others. You can’t be acting out of real love and selfishness at the same time. Choosing to love your mate will cause you to say “no” to what you want so you can say “yes” to what they need. That’s putting the happiness of your partner above your own. It doesn’t mean you can never experience happiness, but you don’t negate the happiness of your spouse so you can enjoy it yourself.

Love also leads to inner joy. When you prioritize the well-being of your mate, there is a resulting fulfillment that cannot be duplicated by selfish actions. This is a benefit that God created and reserves for those who genuinely demonstrate love. The truth is, when you relinquish your rights for the sake of your mate, you get a chance to lose yourself to the greater purpose of marriage.

Nobody knows you as well as your spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met.

If you find it hard to sacrifice your own desires to benefit your spouse, then you may have a deeper problem with selfishness than you want to admit.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Do I truly want what’s best for my husband or wife?

• Do I want them to feel loved by me?

• Do they believe I have their best interests in mind?

• Do they see me as looking out for myself first?

Whether you like it or not, you have a reputation in the eyes of those around you, especially in the eyes of your spouse. But is it a loving reputation? Remember, your marriage partner also has the challenge of loving a selfish person. So determine to be the first to demonstrate real love to them, with your eyes wide open. And when all is said and done, you’ll both be more fulfilled.

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3).

Today’s Dare

 Whatever you put your time, energy, and
money into will become more important
to you. It’s hard to care for something
you are not investing in. Along with
restraining from negative comments,
buy your spouse something that says,
“I was thinking of you today.”

Pitkos

Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

To remember that our mouths are powerful tools

Daar is geen logies benadering tot hierdie hamster wat hier in my kop rond hardloop nie.  Ek moet nou skryf...en skryf....en skryf

Ai my pokkelpensie en pokkelboudjies, ek wil begin deur vir jou omverskoning te vra dat ek jou so afgeskeep het.  For so many reason and sometimes for no reason at all, but mostly because I forgot that I need to love you just the way you are.

Live by the sword, die by the sword

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Live by the sword, die by the sword" is a metaphorical expression meaning that living one's life in a certain way will, in the end, affect one's destiny. The proverb comes from the Gospel of Matthew, verse 26:52, which describes a follower of Jesus (identified in the Gospel of John as Peter) drawing a sword to defend him against Roman soldiers, but is rebuked by Jesus, who tells him to sheath the weapon:

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

—Matthew 26:52, King James Version.

I don't want to live by the sword that is bitter and full of anger, because this poison in my heart is busy killing me.

true love

You will never know true happiness until you have truly loved, and you will never understand what pain really is until you have lost it. - Anonymous

my liefie

Liefde is 'n besluit en nie 'n gevoel nie.  Dit is onselfsugtig, opofferend en veranderend. 

1 Korintiers 13:13 "En nou:  Geloof, Hoop en Liefde bly, hierdie drie.  En die grootste hiervan is die Liefde.

Jou liefde was my krag.  My krag vir soggens opstaan.  En ekt jou so nodig.  Jou liefde het my rede gegee om te leef.  Dit maak my lewe betekenisvol! 

Ek wens ek was meer geduldig.  Ek wens my oorerflike humeur was

Vensters van my hart

Die vensters van my hart is gebreek en oop vir jou om daar in te gaan.
Die vensters van my hart is gebreek en oop vir jou om my weer gelukkig te maak.
Die vensters van my hart is gebreek en oop vir jou om my weer te laat lag.
Die vensters van my hart is gebreek en oop vir jou om my weer heel te maak.

spyt

Ek het jou hart gebreek en geheime versteek
Ekt jou nie waardeer nie en gelos met al die seer.
My eenvoudige verskonings kon jou nie bluff,
nou kyk jy my in die oe en se ek kan doen wat ek wil, jy's touch!
Telkemale het jy my vergewe, maar nou kan ek vergeet,
Ek, wie ek is, wat ek doen, dis waarmee jy my meet.
Maar met die laaste paar dinge wat ek gehoor het,
het ek my hart wat na jou hunker, belet.
Jys so ordentlik, skoon en ekt moes jou waardeer,
Maar nou word ek net ignoreer!

Gebreek... stukkend

Om jou hart gebreek te he is dalk die grootste pyn in die afwesigheid van sterfte.  Dit sou soveel makliker gewees het as jy dood was.  Dan het ek 'n graf gehad om blomme neer te le.  Dan kon ek gaan kuier en met jou praat.  Dan kon ek die res van my lewe jou MYNE genoem het.  Die mooi onthou.  Die opregtheid. 
Om te weet jys om die draai van my.  Ek kan nie met jou praat.  Jou nie sien.  Dit breek my. 

Ek kerf vandag vir jou 'n stukkie van my siel; die letsel sal my herinner hoe die liefde kan verniel.

My hart is gebreek en ek voel alleen, bang en moedeloos. Nie eers trane kan die rou en seer verdryf nie.  My krag is min.  My lus vir die lewe is min.  Maar ek bid.  Ek bly bid en smeek die Here vir genade.  Want die Here se genade is genoeg vir ons ALMAL.  Ek wil nie 'n heel hart he nie.  Ek wil in pyn leef, want hoe kan ek myself vergewe.  Hoe kan ek aangaan met alles.

Ek wonder waar jy is vandag.  Ek wonder wat jy vanaand doen.  Of jy aan my dink.  Ek wonder of jy my gesiggie onthou.  Ek wonder of jy my nog liefhet.
Maar al waaraan ek kan dink is JY.  Jy is die een vir my.  Daar sal nooit iemand anders wees nie.  NOOIT.
Ek dink aan die manier hoe jy na my gekyk het.  Jou sprankelende glimlag.  Die manier wat jy my naam gese het.  Ek hoor nog jou stem.  Hoe warm jy my hart gemaak het.  Hoe vinnig my hartjie klop as ek by jou is.  En ek wonder, het ek ooit genoeg gese hoe lief ek jou het.  Het ek ooit dankie gese dat jy my liefhet?

Ek kyk in die spieel en ek sien my lewelose oe.  Ek wonder wie ek is.  Ek haat myself.  Ek is skaam vir myself en ek sien die lelike mens wat ek geword het.  Ek sien die tekortkominge van my hart en siel en ek wonder as ek deur jou wakker bruin oe sou kyk, sou ek dan besef het wie ek is.  Hoe het jy my gesien? 

 

The LOVE dare: Beloftes dag 2

My engel, sjoe  Waar begin mens as jy iemand so lief het.  Waar begin jou om te verduidelik hoeveel hulle vir jou omgee. 

Positiwiteit is wat ek altyd van jou gekry het.  Jy was my blessing.  Jy het my mooi gemaak.  

Ek belowe om jou altyd mooi te hanteer, nooit onnodig seer te maak nie.  Jy is bitter sensitief.  Sag.  Nou hard  ;)  want ek verdien dit.  Maar as ek die kans moet kry sal jy weet hoe sag ek kan wees.  Alles doen moontlik om jou te help.  Tyd maak vir jou.  Jou rustig maak en my 70000 irritasies en fiemies net so los. 
Ek wil eerste v ir jou groet, ek wil altyd vir jou glimlag en eerste vergewe.  Ek wil altyd alles 1 ste doen en mooiste mooi wees.  mooier as jy! 

Here, help my asb.  Daars geen woorde om te beskryf hoe ek voel nie...

The LOVE dare: Day 2

Day 2

Love is kind

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.  Ephesians 4:32

Kindness is love in action. If patience is how love reacts in order to minimize a negative circumstance, kindness is how love acts to maximize a positive circumstance. Patience avoids a problem; kindness creates a blessing. One is preventive, the other proactive. These two sides of love are the cornerstones on which many of the other attributes we will discuss are built.

Love makes you kind. And kindness makes you likeable. When you’re kind, people want to be around you. They see you as being good to them and good for them.

The Bible keys in on the importance of kindness: “Do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man” (Proverbs 3:3–4). Kind people simply find favor wherever they go. Even at home. But “kindness” can feel a little generic when you try defining it, much less living it. So let’s break kindness down into four basic core ingredients:

Gentleness. When you’re operating from kindness, you’re careful how you treat your spouse, never being unnecessarily harsh. You’re sensitive. Tender. Even if you need to say hard things, you’ll bend over backwards to make your rebuke or challenge as easy to hear as possible. You speak the truth in love.

Helpfulness. Being kind means you meet the needs of the moment. If it’s housework, you get busy. A listening ear? You give it. Kindness graces a wife with the ability to serve her husband without worrying about her rights. Kindness makes a husband curious to discover what his wife needs, then motivates him to be the one who steps up and ensures those needs are met—even if his are put on hold.

Willingness. Kindness inspires you to be agreeable. Instead of being obstinate, reluctant, or stubborn, you cooperate, you stay flexible. Rather than complaining and making excuses, you look for reasons to compromise and accommodate. A kind husband ends thousands of potential arguments by his willingness to listen first rather than demand his way.

Initiative. Kindness thinks ahead, then takes the first step. It doesn’t sit around waiting to be prompted or coerced before getting off the couch. The kind husband or wife will be the one who greets first, smiles first, serves first, and forgives first. They don’t require the other to get his or her act together before showing love. When acting from kindness, you see the need, then make your move. First.

Jesus creatively described the kindness of love in His parable of the Good Samaritan, found in the Bible—Luke, chapter 10. A Jewish man attacked by robbers is left for dead on a remote road. Two religious leaders, respected among their people, walk by without choosing to stop. Too busy. Too important. Too fond of clean hands. But a common man of another race—the hated Samaritans, whose dislike for the Jews was both bitter and mutual—sees this stranger in need and is moved with compassion. Crossing all cultural boundaries and risking ridicule, he stops to help the man. Bandaging his wounds and putting him on his own donkey, he carries him to safety and pays all his medical expenses out of his own pocket.

Where years of racism had caused strife and division, one act of kindness brought two enemies together. Gently. Helpfully. Willingly. Taking the initiative, this man demonstrated true kindness in every way.

Wasn’t kindness one of the key things that drew you and your spouse together in the first place? When you married, weren’t you expecting to enjoy his or her kindness for the rest of your life? Didn’t your mate feel the same way about you? Even though the years can take the edge off that desire, your enjoyment in marriage is still linked to the daily level of kindness expressed.

The Bible describes a woman whose husband and children bless and praise her. Among her noble attributes are these: “She opens her mouth in wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue” (Proverbs 31:26). How about you? How would your husband or wife describe you on the kindness meter? How harsh are you? How gentle and helpful? Do you wait to be asked, or do you take the initiative to help? Don’t wait for your spouse to be kind first.

It is difficult to demonstrate love when you feel little to no motivation. But love in its truest sense is not based on feelings. Rather, love determines to show thoughtful actions even when there seems to be no reward. You will never learn to love until you learn to demonstrate kindness.

Today’s Dare 

In addition to saying nothing
negative to your spouse again today,
do at least one unexpected gesture
as an act of kindness.  

What is desirable in a man is his kindness. (Proverbs 19:22)

Winning trust

I'll win your trust back...

I know that I broke your trust and confidence in me, and it will probably take a lot of patince and determination for you to regain trust in my again.  BUT with perseverance and deterimination, it is possible to turn your disappoingment around and make our relationship better than before!

Convince Them With Your Actions

1. Think about what you did:  Ek weet wat ek fout gemaak het, elke liewe klein dingetjie wat saamgevoeg is en elke klein dingetjie wat dit begin afbreek het.  Ek weet waar alles fout gegaan het, en daarom weet ek dat ek jou vertroue kan terug wen.
2. Surprise them frequently:  Ek sal enige iets doen, al is dit klein net om te wys ek is regtig jammer vir alles wat ek gedoen het en dat ek jou so seergemaak het.
3. Surrender your privacy:  Ek sal nooit 'n foon, n rekenaar, enige FB accounts of 'n selfoon rekening van jou weghou nie.  Ek het niks om weg te steek nie en ek sal niks doen agter jou rug nie.
4. Limit your time away from them:  Ek wil nie erens heen gaan sonder jou nie, en as ek erens moet gaan al is dit Poskantoor sal ek jou altyd laat weet waar ek is.  Jy sal nooit hoef te wonder wat ek doen nie.
5. offer to make amends:  Ek kan opmaak waar ek fout gemaak het.



Trust

How to earn trust back after lying...

1 Be honest about lying. Ek is jammer dat ek vir jou gejok het.  Dat ek dinge weggesteek het.  Dat ek oneerlik was en jou seergemaak het. 
2 Apologize. My lief ek is opreg jammer vir alles wat ek gedoen het, en ek wens daar was iets wat ek kon doen om jou beter te laat voel.  Daar is soveel dinge wat ek gedoen het die laaste 6 maande.  soveel keer wat ek verkeerd opgetree het.  Soveel keer wat ek jou uitgesluit het, wat ek opsetlik lelik was.  Dat ek toegelaat het dat ander mense inmeng, dat ek jou afgeskeep en nie 1ste gestel het nie.
3 Make a promise to yourself that you won't lie to him again - and don't!  Ek belowe dat ek die pad vorentoe net eerlik sal wees.  Dat ek die regte pad sal loop.  Dat maak nie saak wat gebeur of wie kontak maak, ek die vrymoedigheid sal he om alles met jou te bespreek en eerlik te wees.
4 Don't expect him to jump back to you. Ek weet dat jy baie seergemaak is, en dat jy my nie gou weer sal vertrou nie. 
5 Gauge him reaction. Ek weet jy wil he ek moet jou nie kontak nie, want jy is bitter seergemaak en sien my met ander oe as die mooiste mooi wat ek nog altyd vir jou was.
6 Give him time and space but let her know you are still there. Ek weet hoe seer ek jou gemaak het, maar ek weet dat GOD se genade vir ons almal genoeg is.  En dat ek 'n beter mens kan wees, my ou self wat lag en niks wegsteek nie.  Ek sal jou jou spasie gee soos jy gevra het, en ek verstaan jy't tyd nodig vir jou hartjie om weer reg te koj.  Maar ek sal altyd hier wees vir jou, en ek belowe dat dinge anders sal wees.  Dat jy beter sal voel, en dat ons saam die klipperige pad kan loop waar jy ek dag vir dag jou vertroue bietjie vir bietjie kan terugwen totdat ons eendag met n glimlag kan terugkyk en se dit was 'n harde pad - maar die moeite werd!

Proof of love

Trying to proof my love to you...

ways to prove that I love you

#1 Be truthful:  Ek is eerlik met jou, en ek wil die pad van eerlikheid met jou stap elke liewe dag vir die res van my leww.  

#2 A shoulder to learn on:  Ek wil by jou staan in die goeie tye, maar meer in die slegte tye.  Elkeen het sy af daggies en ek wil daar wees as die wereld druk of as jy nie lekker voel nie.  Ek wil he jy moet my kan vertrou, want jy is my beste maat - my sielsgenoot en die een wat nog altyd daar was vir my.  Liefde is 'n dieper gevoel as enige fisiese aantrekkingskrag en al is jy die sexyste man op aarde (en Brad Pitt kom klop aan my deur) is jy die een wat ek glo is my ware liefde.
#4 Don’t be materialistic:  Geld is niks my lief.  Dit wat jy het is genoeg vir my, dit wat jy my bied is meer as wat ek ooit van kon droom.  Ons het nog nooit gaan honger slaap nie, en al moet ek met my voetjies werk toe loop, brood eet elke dag en koerante he om ons warm te hou - my liefde vir jou sal genoeg wees dat ons elke dag gelukkig kan wees. 
#5 Romantic gestures:  Ek hoop jy vind hierdie romanties.  My dom manier van nie regtig weet hoe om aan jou hart te werk nie.  Jy is die sweetste romantieste man, wat my hart vinnig laat klop.  En my idee van romanse aan jou is om in jou oe te kyk en jou te se hoe lief ek jou het.  Met my kop op jou bors te sit terwyl on vampire diaries kyk.  jou hand vas te hou met rugby.
#6 Unconditional love:  Ek het jou onbeskryflik lief, sonder enige voorbehoud en ek sal jou altyd eerste stel bo myself.  Ek lewe daarvoor om jou gelukkig te maak en ek wil fokus daarop om elke dag as ek my kop op die kussing neersit, te kan se "Wow" vandag kon ek my liefie sien smile en lag.  Want om jou gelukkig te sien, jou ogies te sien blink en jou opgewonde te sien praat en jou drukkies te voel is wat my maak tick in die lewe.

Proof my love

How do I proof my love to you?
Love isn't something you prove, it's something you do for the sake of love and just love.
You know how much I love you, when you look into my eyes, see the smile on my face, the warmth and  caring. I can tell you a thousand times I love you, and I will tell you a thousand more. 

Love is about caring, respect, loyalty, laughter, and sticking together through thick and thin.
And I LOVE YOU!

The LOVE Dare: Beloftes Dag 1

DAG 1:  BELOFTES AAN MY LIEFIE

Geduld.  My liefie sal my nooit weer hoor raas, skel of baklei nie.  Ek sal nooit weer iets negatiefs se teenoor jou nie en stilbly wanneer ek rasend kwaad word.  Ek sal my beste gee om nooit weer iets te se waaroor ek spyt sal wees nie.
Ek het die liefde vir jou waar my hart jou nodig het, waar jy my alles is en my rede vir soggens opstaan.  Sonder jou kan ek nie asemhaal, lewe of 'n normale daggie he nie. 
Ek wil vir jou alles wees wat ek nog altyd belowe het.  Jy maak my kalm.  Jy maak my rustig wanneer alles mooi is. 
Die ou liefie het ek soos 'n storm gewoed, wou net aanval en was emosioneel omdat ek selfsugtig was, maar dis die verlede. 
Ek het baie foute gemaak, maar ek is bereid om die klipperige pad saam met jou te loop.  Jy kan op my staatmaak en weet ek sal daar wees vir jou.

The LOVE dare: Day 1

Day 1

Love is patient

 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,
bearing with one another in love. —Ephesians 4:2 NIV

Love works. It is life’s most powerful motivator and has far greater depth and meaning than most people realize. It always does what is best for others and can empower us to face the greatest of problems. We are born with a lifelong thirst for love. Our hearts desperately need it like our lungs need oxygen. Love changes our motivation for living. Relationships become meaningful with it. No marriage is successful without it.

Love is built on two pillars that best define what it is. Those pillars are patience and kindness. All other characteristics of love are extensions of these two attributes. And that’s where your dare will begin. With patience.

Love will inspire you to become a patient person. When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. You are slow to anger. You choose to have a long fuse instead of a quick temper. Rather than being restless and demanding, love helps you settle down and begin extending mercy to those around you. Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm.

No one likes to be around an impatient person. It causes you to overreact in angry, foolish, and regrettable ways. The irony of anger toward a wrongful action is that it spawns new wrongs of its own. Anger almost never makes things better. In fact, it usually generates additional problems. But patience stops problems in their tracks. More than biting your lip, more than clapping a hand over your mouth, patience is a deep breath. It clears the air. It stops foolishness from whipping its scorpion tail all over the room. It is a choice to control your emotions rather than allowing your emotions to control you, and shows discretion instead of returning evil for evil.

If your spouse offends you, do you quickly retaliate, or do you stay under control? Do you find that anger is your emotional default when treated unfairly? If so, you are spreading poison rather than medicine.

Anger is usually caused when the strong desire for something is mixed with disappointment or grief. You don’t get what you want and you start heating up inside. It is often an emotional reaction that flows out of our own selfishness, foolishness, or evil motives.

Patience, however, makes us wise. It doesn’t rush to judgment but listens to what the other person is saying. Patience stands in the doorway where anger is clawing to burst in, but waits to see the whole picture before passing judgment. The Bible says, “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly” (Proverbs 14:29).

As sure as a lack of patience will turn your home into a war zone, the practice of patience will foster peace and quiet. “A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but the slow to anger calms a dispute” (Proverbs 15:18). Statements like these from the Bible book of Proverbs are clear principles with timeless relevance. Patience is where love meets wisdom. And every marriage needs that combination to stay healthy.

Patience helps you give your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. When a mistake is made, it chooses to give them more time than they deserve to correct it. It gives you the ability to hold on during the tough times in your relationship rather than bailing out under the pressure.

But can your spouse count on having a patient wife or husband to deal with? Can she know that locking her keys in the car will be met by your understanding rather than a demeaning lecture that makes her feel like a child? Can he know that cheering during the last seconds of a football game won’t invite a loud-mouthed laundry list of ways he should be spending his time? It turns out that few people are as hard to live with as an impatient person.

What would the tone and volume of your home be like if you tried this biblical approach: “See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another” (1 Thessalonians 5:15).

Few of us do patience very well, and none of us do it naturally. But wise men and women will pursue it as an essential ingredient to their marriage relationships. That’s a good starting point to demonstrate true love.

This Love Dare journey is a process, and the first thing you must resolve to possess is patience. Think of it as a marathon, not a sprint. But it’s a race worth running.
Today's Dare

The first part of this dare is fairly
simple. Although love is communicated
in a number of ways, our words often
reflect the condition of our heart. For
the next day, resolve to demonstrate
patience and to say nothing negative
to your spouse at all. If the temptation
arises, choose not to say anything. It’s
better to hold your tongue than to say
something you’ll regret.

Why I love you

Why I Love You So Much

• I can be myself when I am with you
• Every time I look at you, my heart misses a beat
• Love is, what you mean to me - and you mean everything.
• I like your small gestures that speak volumes about how much you care
• The fact that you are without a doubt my true soul mate
• The fact that you are the first and only person I’ve ever loved and the first person who ever truly loved me.
• The amazing way you always seem to be able to read my mind
• You bring out the best in me.
• Just a sight of you lifts my up spirits.
• You have taught me what it is to love and be loved.
• I can be clumsy and foolish when I am with you, yet know that your love for me will never diminish.
• Your smile is enough to make a dull day seem bright as sun.
• Being in your arms makes me feel like I can never be lost again.
• I have had the time of my life and I owe it all to you
• We can talk about everything or nothing--it's always okay with you
• When you listen, I know you're really listening and not just waiting for your turn to talk
• I can feel your love, in the warmth of your touch, 'cause it touches my heart and soul
• You always know just how to spoil me.
• When we're together, time just comes to a halt.
• Your loving gaze is enough to carry me through a long day.
• You're the one who makes happiness happen.
• Because of you, no matter what may come tomorrow, today my life is more complete.
• I want to stay forever with you.
• I just can't imagine being me without you.
• Just a touch...and I lose my heart all over again.
• Whenever I need it most you're there with your all-purpose hugs.
• Ever since you have come into my life, I yearn to come back home and see your lovely smile.
• Your innocence makes me forget all shady things of this world.
• I love the way you get angry whenever I am late; yet wait for me for as long as it takes.
• You have given meaning to my existence.
• You are the only one who can make me smile even in my deepest sorrows.
• I respect the faith you have in me and love you for it.
• I get lost in the depth of your mysterious eyes.
• You always make me feel that you are by my side no matter what
• The way that you always look for and find the positive in everything