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Heart Chakra is located in the region of the physical heart (center of chest). It is the center of sympathy, empathy and love. When the heart chakra is balanced, one feels love and connection to self and others. The heart chakra is also the center of your spirit as well as the center of the chakras, making it a vital energy center for our spiritual, mental, and physical well-being. It is associated with love, compassion, safety, trust, adventure, self-compassion, forgiveness, and relationships. Thymus, heart, liver, lungs and blood circulation are affected by this chakra.
If the heart chakra becomes unbalanced, you may feel detached from the world around you. Each breath we take that connects us to our physical and spiritual world is enveloped by the heart chakra, and if unbalanced or blocked can lead to a disconnection from the people we love, love for ourselves, and love for the earth. Problems in relationships heighten and we tend to lose hope. We lose sight of beauty, love, empathy, and compassion.
If you find yourself having problems in your relationships or feeling unattached to the people you love, it may indicate that your heart chakra is weak. If your heart chakra is overactive, you may find yourself becoming too attached to things, resulting in you being overly emotional all the time.
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What is a Bridge Table??
A bridge table sits between a fact table and a dimension table and is used to resolve many-to-many relationships between a fact and a dimension. Bridge table will contain only two dimension column ,key columns in both dimension .
Suppose there are two dimensions Customer and Region,
create table Customer(Customer_id int, Name varchar(110));
create table Region(Country_id int, Desc varchar(50));
Bridge table is created by joining the two tables Customer and Region using dimension keys
create table Brige_table_Custregion (Customer_id int, Country_id int)
Note: Also Bridge table is fact less with no measures.


The transfer of genetic information
Genes and chromosomes
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The Relationship between Genes and Chromosomes
Students will complete learning activities, utilize multimedia resources from PBS Learning Media, and create a presentation to communicate information about genes and chromosomes. The students will learn about the relationship between genes and chromosomes and their relationship to inherited characteristics.
How can you obtain and communicate information about the relationship between genes and chromosomes to construct explanations of their relationship to inherited characteristics?


Welcome to Family Relationship Services (FRS). FRS offers relationship support services for individuals, couples, families, organizations/services and communities. FRS aims to support people of the Maldives to attain positive, respectful and harmonious relationships.
Family Relationships Services aims to tackle various familial and relationship matters of the Maldivian community by providing excellent counselling and mediation services to Maldivian families.
Family Relationship Services envisions a happy, positive, conflict-free and peaceful community where Maldivians are equipped with effective communication and conflict resolution skills.


Tonight I am so grateful for missing Mike. I feel so lucky to have him in my life to miss. I searched, and searched for so long for him; lost hope of finding him a hundred times, at least. Now, that almost seems silly sometimes. It was impossible that we would stay lost to each other in ths life for long. Like the poem by Rumi on our wedding invitation says...
The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,they're in each other all along.
Only 6 days until he gets back from Germany...and only 27 until we are married in the mountains. I could write about my gratitude for this man, and this time in my life, for volumes every day.
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Does the thought of going to couple’s counseling make you nervous? If so, I don’t blame you! For many people, going to therapy sounds about as fun as going to the dentist. When we have a painful cavity, we know it needs to get fixed. We also know that that getting it fixed will cause more pain at first. Counseling is similar in that it usually gets harder before it gets better. However, after all is said and done, couple’s therapy can make our relationship stronger than ever before.
So why does it have to hurt before it can get better?
Usually, we go to counseling because something hurtful has happened in our relationship and we want to feel better. It’s hard to look back and remember times that our partner has hurt us. However, if we don’t look at the wound, examine it, and determine its cause, how could we possibly know how to fix it? Just as the dentist has to poke around on our gums to find the problem tooth, we have to poke around and find where you have been hurt emotionally. This usually involves your therapist asking questions about recent arguments or maybe even looking at ways you’ve been hurt in past relationships.
Why do therapists always get into the childhood stuff?
It’s not always necessary to get into childhood issues but it can be helpful. As kids, our brains were developing as we learned about the world. We learned about what love looks like, whether the world is a safe place or not, whether we can trust people, and so on. Sometimes we’ve developed beliefs that are harming our current relationship. For example, if I learned that people don’t like to hear about problems, I may believe that I need to keep my problems secret from my partner. If that is my belief, I will most likely think it’s not ok to ask for help. So, let’s say I’ve had a serious problem with my boss at work. When I come home work very grouchy my partner has no idea why. My partner may try to ask but I’ll just push them away. Being pushed away may feel hurtful to my partner, so they close down too. Now we have two people in a relationship who are both feeling very alone.
Who’s in the wrong here?
One could argue that no one is. I have been doing what I have learned is the loving thing to do in a relationship- keep my problems to myself. I think that I am protecting my partner from negativity by not sharing my troubles. Unfortunately, my partner feels like they must be doing something wrong. If I don’t share with them, they must not be a good partner. Maybe they believe that people who really love each other share everything with one another. They start to doubt my love for them. Now my partner is feeling insecure and alone. I am feeling overwhelmed and alone. Both of us are just trying to do the right thing but we’re operating from different belief systems.
Here’s the difference between blaming a person and addressing the system.
I learned in childhood that people don’t want to hear about problems. I believe I need to keep things positive and not complain. When I came home in a grouchy mood, my partner asked me, “What’s wrong?” I snapped back with, “Nothing.” My partner is not an idiot. They know that something is wrong. My lack of sharing has triggered some sadness in my partner. You see, my partner struggles with never feeling good enough. Now that they see their beloved withdrawing from them, my partner is convinced that they must not be good enough to share with. Now my partner withdraws too, feeling hurt and rejected. This example illustrates why it is so important to move away from blame and move toward self-awareness.
How does therapy undo the damage?
Therapy provides a safe place to come and get to the root of your issues with a neutral party. Therapists are trained to not take sides but to look at the whole relationship dynamic. If you’re in therapy, and you feel that your therapist is taking sides, you need to bring that up to them. You may even need to find a new therapist. The role of the therapist is to help you find what your underlying belief systems are. Notice I didn’t say that the role of the therapist is to find what’s wrong with you or your partner. Rarely is it one person that causes a relationship to struggle. It’s the system of communication that is based on faulty beliefs that is the problem.
Therapy helps us to see the unhealthy patterns that we slip into when life gets hard. Once we realize what we are doing, and why, we can address it. Using the example above, I must believe that my partner actually wants to hear about negative stuff that they’re facing. My partner must learn that I struggle with sharing hard stuff, but not because my partner is a bad partner. The hope here is that I will bravely begin to share more of my heart, even though I most likely fear they will be criticized for it. When I do share, my partner must work to make sure they are making it safe to share (not judging, giving advice without asking first, etc.). My partner must also realize that if I choose not to share, it may be because I am scared. See how this helps us both to have much more compassion for each other?
Results of Couples Counseling
When we have more compassion for each other (and ourselves) we are slow to criticize and quick to connect. Often, we take the behavior of our partner’s personally. In reality, we all come into relationships with baggage. We’re all wrestling with our own demons. Counseling helps us to reveal what those demons are and then learn new ways to relate so that they don’t effect our current relationships. If you feel stuck with your partner, consider finding a therapist near you. We all get stuck sometimes, going to a therapist can help you to identify the patterns you get stuck in and then give you tools for staying un-stuck.
In the meantime, here are some free resources to help:
- UnStuck Video Series
- What to Do Before You Go to Couple’s Counseling -pdf
- How’s Your Marriage? -article
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The other night my family was sitting at dinner in one of our favorite restaurants and while my kids entertained each other, me and my husband got to enjoy this really amazing conversation where the love and emotional connection were overflowing.
“I really love you, I really love this feeling of emotional connection. I’ve longed for it so much over the years and I just wanted to tell you that I really love it.”
He looked at me and smiled. We both felt it. We BOTH made the choices to show up to this point.
You see this past fall we got so close to getting a divorce that I was actually looking at rentals to move into. Things were bad.
Years of emotional disconnection and desires left unmet had us both drained and frustrated. The crux of this disfunction came this summer as I discovered some hurtful choices he had made and I felt like “what am I even fighting for?”
I can remember so many times feeling so lonely but moving forward because I love my husband so much and I was willing to be patient in his processes.
This was the last straw though, and it felt like a slap in the face. I felt like I had been duped.
I looked at him after the news came out and just said “if it were not for the kids, you would not be in this house right now.”
That is when he says it hit him. He realized I was serious and he should be too. That is when he made the choice to show up.
Fast forward to now – our lovely moment in the restaurant. How did we make it? What’s the one piece of advice I can give you to save any marriage? What did I do to fix it?
I have no advice. I have no fixes. I don’t know how we made it – or what our future looks like.
I’m lucky. The timing and effort put forth worked out for us.
To pretend like we succeeded for any other reason really points to a huge problem with the way we view marriage and love in our society.
You see we talk so much about “failed marriages.” What an odd combination of adjective to noun.
As if a marriage that ends in divorce it has failed. BLACK AND WHITE. FAILED OR SUCCEEDED.
My value in this relationship, my personhood is subjected to failure or success. That’s pretty messed up when you think about it.
Subjecting a relationship to failure or success strips a relationship of the fact that it is made up of two beautifully emotional people with beautiful cognitive ability and choices. It implies that if a marriage ends in divorce there is nothing to be had from it.
It’s bred in a society of soul mates and love at first sight. As if we can possibly know the future. Yes you may know you love someone, maybe even right away but who knows if that person will change or if you will both make the choices to show up when necessary. Who can truly predict their own personal growth trajectory led alone another person’s. When we put so much pressure in predicting the future at the beginning of a relationship then it’s no wonder we feel like we have failed if it doesn’t turn out how we thought.
When we think in terms of divorce or ended relationships as a failure, it takes away so much. What about the value in self growth and self identity? After all isn’t part of the real beauty in a relationship that we are two individuals and we make the choice to love, the choice to be present. Is it not beautiful when a person grows, even if that growth is rejected by their partner?
If you are in a marriage that ends in divorce you are “failed” even if you showed up emotionally and your partner decided they did not want to. You are “failed” even if your partner leaves you and decides alone that they don’t want to be with you. You are “failed” even if the process of leaving your abusive partner was empowering and a sign to you of your true strength. The list could go on.
Subjecting a relationship to failure or success strips a relationship of the fact that it is made up of two beautifully emotional people with beautiful cognitive ability and choices.
What is lost when we put the outcome of the relationship over the experience of the journey? Can you even consider it a failure when we have tried to love in the first place. What a brave and wonderful thing to pursue. Don’t we hold the act of loving and pursing love in higher regards than that?
At some point love was exchanged most likely, and that should not be completely lost because the relationship is over. Yes, it is possible that the love existed because you where broken and felt comfortable in a dysfunctional relationship; it’s also possible for people to change and for the connection to be lost over time. However, rejecting the love you once had because it is gone, or because it was bred in a place of disfunction serves as a real way of rejecting your past self.
You do not have to agree with the choices you made to appreciate the process you needed to take or the person you used to be. This is one of the most complex ideas in self love to grasp and honestly I am still trying to navigate it, but I am guaranteeing you that if you throw the emotional baby out with the bath water here there is something truly lost.When the relationship is about the success or failure it opens the door for my partner to stay with me solely because they want to avoid the idea of failure. This makes the relationship status about ego over a genuine loving of another person. If someone only shows up when faced with failure then that doesn’t really lead to lasting happiness or lasting love.
It creates a type of minimal maintenance love. It creates an environment of appeasement and no one wants to just be appeased.
The reality is that relationships are full of failures and successes. Failures do not equal the end though. Failure is just a place where we missed the opportunity to love fully and well. We can either show up in this place or not, but the reality is that this choice has to be made by both people and has to be warranted by a healthy relationship environment. There are so many factors that go into the choice to move forward through each and every obstacle. If you are fortunate enough to have a partner with whom you can safely make the choice to move forward each time and they do too, then you are truly blessed. Not everyone has this and we have got to start making space for that in our community so that people feel free to be loved because they truly deserve it.
In a healthy heart the journey is more valuable than the destination. If we can truly strip this idea of success or failure from our mindsets and our language I think we have the power to free ourselves and those around us from loveless relationships and really open up to lasting love that is real and genuine. No one deserves to feel guilt or like a failure if they come from a relationship that ended, because they have tried to love and have undoubtedly learned to love themselves in the process.


Dr. Spencer Wade and Veronica Li, RCC: Is Love an Emotion?
Dr. Rebecca Cobb is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Cobb directs the Close Relationships Lab at SFU. Her research examines developmental trajectories of and transitions in close relationships; factors that predict sexual functioning and relationship success; and prevention of relationship distress. See more about Dr. Cobb’s research here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKJgHmTGZyQ
Dr. Spencer Wade is a Clinical Psychologist working primarily in the field of rehabilitation psychology. He routinely assists clients to navigate the challenges following a traumatic injury, including issues related to sexuality and barriers to engaging in a fulfilling, intimate relationship. Dr. Wade’s curiosity about human intimacy led him to study the nature of love, sex and relationships over the life span.
Veronica Li is a Registered Clinical Counselor and a PsyD Candidate at Adler University. Ms. Li’s research interests are focused on the influence of social norms on human sexuality. She is currently training in the area of traumatic brain injuries and is specifically interested in the intersection between brain injury and intimate relationships.
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It’s no secret that money is one of the leading causes of friction in marriages. But don’t think that a divorce will automatically solve your problems. A divorce can potentially lead to just as many money problems, if not more than you experienced in marriage.
A huge obstacle course you’ll have to navigate when you divorce is your change in lifestyle. The financial and practical advantages of marriage are undeniable. Your ratio of income to expenses is likely going to tighten. A divorce means that you’ll either need to find a new house, or will now be solely responsible for financially supporting your current house. If you have kids, you may be facing a challenge of how to juggle raising them while also trying to maintain a career. At least for now, you’re likely going it alone as the only adult in the equation. And this is no doubt challenging. However, if you aren’t careful, these changes will only be the beginning of your divorce’s financial pitfalls.
What is The Divorce Decree, and Why Does it Matter?
You may be under the impression that a divorce simply separates you and your spouse and all your finances, and that’s that. Unfortunately, things usually aren’t so easy. Especially if you and your spouse have been married for some time, your lives have become intricately knit together. Both you and your (former) spouse likely have different opinions on how to fairly unravel those ties. You likely both thing that you are entitled to different assets. One or both of you may feel that the other owes support payments, and you may differ on how much those should be, and how long they should last for. The same goes for liabilities and debts. Of course, you’d love to see your ex take responsibility for the mortgage and credit card debt incurred in your marriage (especially if you get to keep the house and the purchases), but he or she likely doesn’t see things the same way.
Enter the divorce decree. Your attorneys will make their case for what they thing you are entitled to, as will your ex’s attorneys. The court then makes the final say, in the form of the divorce decree. The divorce decree is a legally binding agreement between you and your ex and outlines exactly how the divorce will affect the finances between the two. The divorce decree will include any alimony or child support payments. It may include distribution of assets, and who is responsible for which liabilities. In short, this single document can have an out-sized influence on your net worth and your income and expenses for years to come. It is not something to take lightly.
Don’t Overpay (or Underpay) Court Costs and Legal Fees
Because the divorce decree is so important, it is important that you approach it strategically and with expert help. Unless you and your ex are on the best of terms and have a very open and shut case, it is important that you have an attorney to help you navigate this. In many divorces, one party may try to manipulate or trick the other party into giving up more than what is fair and one party emerges crippled and beat while the other comes unscathed. Don’t let this happen to you.
Of course, on the flip side, don’t go out of your way to screw your ex. Divorce can be a bitter affair (sorry for the pun), and sometimes the opposing parties are so determined to ‘stick it’ to their former spouse that they spend an eternity fighting it out over every last piece of furniture and dinnerware. The result is court costs that add up to far more than the value of the items at stake. Also, if you have children, you’ll probably want to still be on speaking terms at least. While it is absolutely important to find good legal council and to not be a push-over, it is also important to be realistic and pragmatic. Recognize what is worth fighting for and what isn’t. And resist the urge to go scorched earth on your former partner. The divorce is what it is. Move on.
Don’t Forget to Separate All Financial Accounts
The divorce decree might just detail the largest of your assets and liabilities. It is important that you follow to the letter what the divorce decree stipulates (and ensure that your ex does likewise). However, it is also important that you do the legwork and ensure that all other accounts also are divided. This includes bank accounts, credit cards, retirement accounts, etc. Either close them entirely, or have ex’s name removed. The last thing you want is your ex still running around as an authorized user on your credit card. You’d like to think that he or she wouldn’t go there, but you know this is the real world.
Keep Your Wits
Divorce is a huge life change and can be extremely emotional. However, considering the massive long term financial implications that a divorce can have, it is absolutely imperative that you keep your wits about you. While you don’t need to be ruthlessly cold and calculating throughout the ordeal, you also should make sure you aren’t getting the shaft in the deal.


Every year, about 10 thousand Ukrainians connect their lives with citizens of another country. According to national statistics, almost every tenth marriage concluded in Kyiv is with a foreigner. Most often, women choose husbands from Europe and Asia. However, there
Preparing for a date could make you nervous, especially if you are prone to wardrobe worries. What image are you going to project? How should you look to make him like you more?
When dealing with people from other countries,
When women fall in love, they become reckless. The endorphin rush causes us to idealize our partner, and overlook even glaring red flags. But gold diggers can be male too. Some men date women for their money and may continue
It is no secret that young women living in Ukraine and the former USSR are open to international marriage and welcome every opportunity to tie the knot with a foreigner. There are numerous dating sites and marriage agencies the only
Ukrainian girls have become more open-minded. They actively use social networks, travel, and learn languages. They understand foreigners better than 5-10 years ago and look at the world much wider. These factors make them more attractive in the eyes of


Romina and Julian always hated each other. They didn’t quite know why but the feeling was strong and mutual. It started the first time they lay eyes on each other which was on the first day of school when they both started first grade. They lived next door after Romina’s family moved to their little town, and their parents became best friends. The hostility between Romina and Julian was not temporary as their parents had hoped but lasted all the way through high school. They graduated together but did not congratulate each other on that academic achievement. They instead presented each other with annoyed looks and without even inquiring about each other’s plans, they went their separate ways. A few years passed and in this world – or rather a few countries – where everybody is allowed to be whatever and whoever they want to be, both Romina and Julian, unbeknownst to each other took some radical steps towards the discovery of their true beings. The personal enlightenments saw Romina become Romeo and Julian become Juliet. They met again after many years, at the ten year high school reunion that also marked ten years since they last saw each other. This time, not knowing he was looking at the person he hated the most in his childhood years, Romeo formerly known to his classmates as Romina, saw Juliet across the dance floor and fell in love at what he thought was first sight. Juliet, with her cheekbones too delicate to ever have belonged to a boy felt Romeo’s piercing stare and turned hence locking eyes with the handsome young man she did not recognize. And just like that, on a forgettable dance floor at their ten year high school reunion, surrounded by former classmates and the sounds of Gwen Stefani’s Sweet Escape, and after seeing each other for the millionth time, Romeo and Juliet fell in love at first sight. The feeling was strong and mutual, and as happens with some loves, irreversible. Their parents, who had stopped talking to their children when informed about their identity transformations, now also stopped talking to each other. The next door neighbors, once best friends, blamed each other for the ‘disgrace’ their children trusted upon them and started hating each other with the same passion they once invested in their friendship. Romeo and Juliet did not care that their families were now sworn enemies, and continued to love each other in a most poetic way. I don’t know what happened after but somebody said that they were so enchanted with Italy, which they visited on their honeymoon, that they decided to settle there and become English teachers in some town whose name I’m not sure about. Could be Verona but don’t take my word for it.


A Lot to Ask
It was a lot to ask of my best friend.
I called on a Monday, told her I was getting married that week on Friday. Would she be my maid of honor?
She could have said no. After all, it was her birthday, and she had a big party planned.
But, even though I rained on her parade, she went along with it anyway,
and we all celebrated together.
That is what true friendship is all about.
I miss you, Karen, my friend.


Couples Costumes to Love for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate your significant other. Sure you can shower them with chocolates and flowers, but how about a more lasting declaration of your love? Couples' costumes are the perfect way to reflect the love you have for each other, or just your mutual love of an epic fandom. Check out these ideas for couples costumes for you and your BAE!
A Disney Love Affair
Whether your love story is a Tale As Old As Time, A Whole New World, or For the First Time in Forever, there’s a Disney couples costume to suit you. Disney sure knows how to spin a tale of romance and happily ever after, and dressing as your favourite Disney couple will bring delight to your inner child and those around you too!
A couple's costume can also say something about the type of relationship you have. Are you up to mischief and mayhem together like The Joker and Harley Quinn? Do you have a passion that outlasts the ages, like Gomez and Morticia Addams? Or are you the parental dream team of Chilli and Bandit from Bluey? These costumes will reflect your own epic love story through the characters you wear.
A Marvellous Pair
Marvel has some cute couples to celebrate on Valentine’s Day. Choose from Iron Man and Iron Rescue, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Vision & Scarlet Witch, or even Captain America and his shield… Use your costumes for a romantic Valentine’s picnic, then be ready for your next convention outing!
Celebrating a fandom
But what if your favourite fandom isn’t a love story? Unless you choose Han and Leia or Rey and Kylo, a couples costume from Star Wars tends to be a little problematic. But seriously, none of us were harmed by the kiss between Luke and Leia in Episode IV, so why not show off your mutual love of the ultimate space Western in matching costumes? The most popular Star Wars costumes are Leia and Darth Vader. So what if they’re dad and daughter?
Superman and Supergirl are easily recognisable as a matching pair. What better way is there to show off your superhero status? Cousins or not, they’re super fun!
Canonical couples can also be problematic if it didn’t turn into Happily Ever After, like Batman and Catwoman, but they’re still beloved characters of one of our favourite fandoms and a great option for pairing up.
Another great option is Doctor Who and his enduring love – the Tardis!
Getting your Hogwarts house robes or favourite Care Bears costumes shows that you and your love are in sync.
Single this Valentine’s Day?
You don’t have to be in a couple to celebrate your love of your favourite characters. Why not treat yourself to a costume that celebrates those you Netflix and Chill with on a quiet night in?
There’s even a fun option if you want to be your own date!
Whether your Valentine’s Day in 2024 is about your OTP, your passion for a fandom, or a little self-care, celebrate in style!
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We’re celebrating pairs this Valentine’s Day. Buy 2 full-priced costumes in the one transaction to get 20% off (excludes Collector’s Edition costumes). Hurry, the deal ends on February 14th.


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In this section you'll find their stories, e-mails and pictures of the events we helped make possible.
If you want to share your own experience, we'd love to hear from you too!.
"I have to say thank you so very much for taking so much time with me yesterday. You both are wonderful consultants to work with and I am so happy to be working with you. I am so confident that your guidance and support will make our wedding a very special day." Casey Miller
"Thank you so much for your wonderful support the rehearsal and day of our wedding. You covered all the details with professionalism and ease and we would not have had a successful wedding without you. It was so enjoyable working with both of you and we wish you success in all your future events". Warmly, Danielle and Mark D'Andrea


A major cause of stress for most people is the realm of interpersonal relationships. Whether with your partner, at home with family members, with friends, and on the job, relationships are tough. Everyone has unique needs and desires, and unique ways of expressing them. Humans are social beings. We need to relate to each other to nourish our mind and soul. But the reality is that relationships — as well as lack of relationships — can deplete our minds and souls of energy, particularly when it comes to the ever-difficult question of communication.
In short, the quality of any relationship ultimately comes down to the quality of the communication. Learning to communicate effectively goes a long way in reducing the stress and conflicts of interpersonal relationships.
Here are seven tips to effective communication, regardless of the type of interpersonal relationship:
1. Learn to sit still.
Allow the person you are communicating with to share their feelings and thoughts — uninterrupted. Empathize with them: put yourself in their shoes.
If you first seek to understand, you will not only experience the obvious outcome of better understanding, but will also find yourself being better understood by others
2. Learn to be an active listener.
This means that you must actually be engaged and interested in what the other person is communicating. Don’t just sit there silently for the sake of appearing attentive. This won’t be productive at all, for either party.
Listen to what the other person is saying without thinking about your response. Don’t be afraid to ask many, many questions to gain more information or clarify what they are telling you. Good questions encourage better communication.
3. Restate the other person’s feelings back to them.
This is not a presumptuous action, but an empathetic one. Trying to restate or reflect back to the other person your interpretation of what they are telling you shows you have carefully listened and are putting effort and care into the interaction. Plus, it is a very simple technique — and it goes a long way. Restating what you think is being said may cause some short-term conflict in some situations, but it is certainly worth the risk …
4. Don’t be impatient.
Don’t interrupt, period. Wait until the person or people you want to communicate with are done speaking. If they are not ready to listen, no matter how well you communicate, your message will not be heard.
5. Don’t try to talk over the other person.
If you find yourself being interrupted, relax; don’t try to outtalk the other person or gloat about how you never interrupt. If you are courteous and allow them to speak, eventually they will respond likewise (unless they are extremely rude). If they don’t, point out to them that they are interrupting the communication process by not reciprocating.
You can only do this if you have been a good listener. Double standards in relationships seldom work.
6. Help the other person become an active listener, too.
This can be done by asking them if they understood what you were communicating. Ask them to tell you what they understood you to have said. If they don’t seem to understand what it is you have said, keep at it until they do.
7. Don’t be afraid of long silences.
Human communication involves much more than spoken words. A great deal can be communicated during silences. Unfortunately in many situations silence can make us feel uncomfortable. Relax. Some people need silence to collect their thoughts and feel safe in communicating. The important thing to remember during silences is that you must remain an active listener.
Dr. Michael Murray


Posted on September 20th, 2008
Chivalry that is.
I need to know, I have been trying and trying and no matter what I do it seems that the long beloved tradition is no more important in this day and age as is a CD you can no longer write to.
It isn’t as if people don’t want doors held open, roses given to them and sweet poems written for them. Far from it, they want and appreciate those things now more than ever. However, the people I am referring to that want these things feel that it is almost an extension of the relationship parameters. Expected things to make them happy.
Since when was sitting and slaving, and screw you if you laugh, over a poem for three hours something that I had to do in order to prove my worth and love for a person? When did it start to be ok to yell at me if I didn’t bring you roses every time I left and then came back?
My mother, bless her, was a woman who taught me things that i will never forget. She taught me that you always, under all circumstances, treat a woman with the respect and dignity that she deserves. I of course asked , my eyes bright with attention, how one knows how much respect a woman deserves. My mother laughed and patted me on the head and simply told me to give what I get.
My father, bless him if you will, was a man from a different book. A woman was the giver of life, the nurturer of children and the lover to whom you cling to when you need compassion. You treat her like a Goddess he said to me.
My entire life I have done both these things. I have treated women like the Goddesses they are and have shown them every ounce of respect that they have shown me, and often a great deal more.
Now, as my life starts to move into it’s, I don’t know, refined years if you will, I find myself looking back at this line of thought and questioning it.
I married the same woman three times as a teenager because my heart sang when she was near me. I gave up everything for her and went down paths I will not speak of in the light of the morning sun just to make her happy. What did I get out of this?
A divorce the first time. The second time she ran over me with our Buick and the third time she put a knife blade into my shoulder so deep the tip is still in there somewhere.
All for love.
Naomi, my sweet and wonderful wife understands all of this and when i write to her, give to her and do for her, she appreciates it in a way i was always taught was the way you should appreciate things like that.
Am I old fashioned?
Should it be mandatory for these things to be done or is it still ok to be spontaneous?


Alchemy 1977 England Tarot
Here we have a pretty difficult situation. This is an extremely emotional reading with a strong emphasis on the element of water. This is a reading for a Cancer woman, and while her boyfriend isn’t a water sign, his Moon is in Scorpio. There’s a tremendous amount of emotional manipulation coming from his end and co-dependency from her end.
The main issue is the boyfriends constant infidelity (3 of Cups reversed) Miss Cancer has pretty much confirmed this and it’s not just one woman–we’re talking multiple women. He’s like a tom cat and she’s reached her breaking point. The King of Cups reversed can indicate an overly emotional or emotionally immature partner who despite his double dealing won’t let go of the relationship. There’s a strong indication of using emotional black mail to control Miss Cancer and depriving her of the love she needs when he feels she’s out of line and calls him on his bullshit. The party/Celebration is definitely over.
There’s also an uneven distribution of power (6 of Pentacles) in this relationship as well and not just financially (He has a high paying career) someone is constantly giving and the other is constantly taking. Will Miss Cancer kick his ass to the curb and he comes back grovelling and begging? Orwill she cave and beg him to stay? (6 of Pentacles) only time will tell.
One thing I do know is the Hanged Man is telling Miss Cancer to just let go.Letting go is often difficult for water signs and getting a Cancer to move on can be like removing gum from your hair–it’s no easy task. This card can also indicate someone in limbo; waiting for their next move. I think of someone who’s literally been hung out to dry. Being a martyr is no fun. The Hanged Man is also sacrifice and this relationship needs to be put on the chopping block.


Things with me and Eric are okay I suppose. We still don't talk as much as I wish we did. But hey I guess I could give more of an effort too. I don't wanna complain though lol.
I dunno if I'm likin this single thing. It's good sometimes but then I get all sad and depressed like a LOSER. But whatever relationships bring nothing but drama. I dunno why I feel the need to be in a relationship. Oh well..
Me and my sister are about ta go drive around.


you say that sex exists primarily for procreation and family not any kind
of self-fulfillment? The pleasure aspect of sex being an accidental part
of procreation used primarily for ego-building?
ot exactly. First of all, it should
be understood that Holy Matrimony is an act of
service to God for the sake of raising children who can
love God, not a form of romantic fulfillment. Sexual union
is an important element in the context of that service. The real issue is whether
sexual activity is used to join the man and woman
together in their mutual love for God or as a
in which they use sensory satisfaction in an attempt to fill up their emotional
So how do you tell the
Well, consider for a moment the
case of alcohol. Alcohol can be used socially, in a non-defensive way, with
proper boundaries (never drink alone, never drink to intoxication, etc.).
It can also be used as a perversion. Imagine the man, for example, who drinks
heavily yet denies that he is an alcoholic and
asserts that he can control his drinking if he wants. How do you tell whether
he is an alcoholic? Just tell him to stop drinking completely for a month.
If he refuses, or if he fails, then you know that he uses alcohol
defensively, because the proof is in his
unwillingness to do without it.
In a similar way, sexual activity
can be used in Holy Matrimony as an expression of love for God to procreate
children who can in turn love God, but it can just as
well be a perversion. How do you test this? Just see what happens when
procreation becomes an issue. If a couple wants to have sexual contact but
doesnt want the risk of pregnancy, then tell them to refrain from all sexual
activity. If they refuse, but instead insist on some form of artificial birth
control, or some sexual activity other than intercourse, then you know the sexual
activity is a perversion and a denial of
family. But if they agree, then you know that
for the sake of love they can do without sexual
contact as easily as they can do with it for the sake of love.
1. For the present purposes, a perversion
can be defined as that which leads you away from the true depths of your
emotional painand from the psychological healing that could happen
if you were to work therapeutically with that painby distracting you
with something apparently pleasurable.
Catechism of the Catholic Church says:
is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman. In marriage the physical
intimacy of the spouses becomes a sign and pledge of spiritual communion.
Marriage bonds between baptized persons are sanctified by the sacrament.
by means of which man and woman give themselves to one another through the
acts which are proper and exclusive to spouses, is not something simply
biological, but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such.
It is realized in a truly human way only if it is an integral part of the
love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to one another until
spouses union achieves the twofold end of marriage: the good of the
spouses themselves and the transmission of life. These two meanings or values
of marriage cannot be separated without altering the couples spiritual
life and compromising the goods of marriage and the future of the family.
The conjugal love of man and woman thus stands under the twofold obligation
of fidelity and fecundity.


THE STORY OF US
white flowers dyed with glimmer mist
(thanks to trish for this trick!)
This LO is for my husband. We met in March of 2001 and that Easter he took me to his church for Easter services, and I was blown away. The service was a performance of the pursecution of Christ. It hit me hard. I sat there next to him just crying. I knew at that point that this man had faith, and he held it strong and dear to his heart. From that moment forward I was drawn like a magnet to Cottonwood Christian Center . I never knew just how much I needed a relationship with Christ until I met James and he shared his love for God with me. It only took me a few months to dedicate my life to Christ but from that moment on Easter as I kissed him on our way home, I knew he was for me and I for him. So this pic was taken 7 years later, Easter service with 3 kids in the background in the same parking lot with the same love behind it. I thank him for making my life full and showing me just how rich and beautiful a life in Christ can be.
So with this, I hope you find yourself scrapping about you and that someone, whether it be a child, your mate, your mother, father any one special to you. Create a story of US for that special person and record it so that everyone can know your story. If you do take on this challenge, email me @ email@example.com and I will try and post your creations. I do hope you find the time to join in since it is the essence of why we scrap, to let someone know just how we feel about them and in reality we need to make it on a page or two once in a while too!!!
thanks for peeking, I am going to go and get a tissue now! I know I am such a wimp!


Wedding Anniversary Years
Written by Corrie Jones on 30th April, 2019
Whether you have been together one year or ten years it’s nice to commemorate your wedding anniversary in some way.
Anniversary years have long been symbolised by themes which can be linked to traditional gifts and over the years these themes have developed further.
We now have themes associated with modern gifts as well as now being able to commemorate the anniversary year with gemstones, flowers and colours.
If you are looking for a gift to celebrate the number of years you have been together,
take a look at our handy guide which I hope will inspire you!
Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gifts
The historic origins of wedding anniversaries date back to Roman times, when husbands crowned their wives with a silver wreath on their twenty-fifth anniversary and a gold wreath on the fiftieth. Each traditional anniversary material has its own unique meaning which represents the stage you are in your marriage.
Modern Wedding Anniversary Gifts
In recent times a more contemporary interpretation of the traditional gift list has emerged with gifts such as jewellery and silverware. Commercialism has also led to the addition of an anniversary being represented by the gift of an appliance!
Gemstone Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Wedding Anniversaries can also be linked to a particular gemstone. Most marriages start out with an engagement ring and a wedding ring so jewellery is a fitting way to celebrate a special anniversary.
Flower Wedding Anniversary Gifts
Anniversaries can also be honoured with flowers. As your marriage blossoms you can commemorate your wedding anniversary with the years corresponding flower. The rose is considered to be the perfect flower for any occasion and its shade could be matched with the colour linked to the anniversary year.
Wedding Anniversary Gifts by Colour
Wedding Anniversaries can be celebrated by linking to a particular colour. You can draw inspiration from wedding colours when you choose a gift or use the colour scheme to plan a special party.
It’s nice to celebrate each milestone in your relationship with a gift but the most important thing is that you don’t forget the date!


I think I’ve lost my profundity. (AKA: ability to make deep, profound commentary) Maybe it dribbled out of my ear somewhere in Asia, I don’t know. The desire to process has left me completely. So in the meantime, I’ll ramble a bit, and maybe it will all come back to me.
Crazy thought o’ the day: What does it say about me when the one male I would consider dating in my extended (and I do mean extended) circle of acquaintances barely knows I’m alive? Out of the interactions I have had with the other of the species, he’s one of the few who have made me feel special. Funnily enough, he has no idea the impact he made, nor is he ever likely to. It seems the guys in my sphere as of late are taken, balding, obsessed with their jobs, blah, blah, blah…so I must ask, “Where have all the cowboys gone?” Under a rock somewhere? Chasing girls who don’t want them back? Playing Playstation with their buddies? If you know where to find them, I’d be much obliged.
Ultimately, I’m not utterly destroyed because I’m single. I don’t cry myself to sleep every night. There’s no desparation dates or hanging on to something old because there’s nothing new. I just want a date with a nice guy. So here I am. Intelligent writer seeking creative, intellectual, music-loving guy for a date or two. Let me know if you can hook me up.


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Societal shifts are reflected in the growing number of couples who choose not to marry immediately, if at all. This trend appears to be in response to the overwhelming divorce rate of past decades, but is cohabitation really the answer? Oftentimes it can only make matters more complicated, especially when it comes to the ownership of property. Knowing the ins and outs of ownership in unmarried situations can help California couples avoid heated disputes in the long run.
The American Bar Association outlines some common questions regarding unmarried couples and co-ownership disputes. One might suppose that unmarried couples would encounter less mess during a separation, but the ABA notes that this is not always the case. Although unmarried couples face similar challenges during a break-up, the rules that apply to divorcing couples are not applicable. According to the ABA, unmarried couples cannot take advantage of tax-free transfers regarding property or buy out the house interest of a partner. Unfortunately, if a couple cannot come to an agreement in these situations, the house may be sold.
Of course, these challenges have not stopped the growing popularity of cohabitation across the country. Findlaw provides additional information for when issues among unmarried couples arise, first pointing out that couples should decide how they will own property in the case that the relationship ends. This aspect can become especially tricky when only one partner takes ownership of a property; if that partner dies, the other would not have the rights to share that property. While certain problems that unmarried couples encounter may not always be black and white, there also exist documents couples can sign to ensure stability and order in future property-related situations.


DO YOU NEED AN ATTORNEY OR A MEDIATOR?
Separation and divorce can be either uncontested or contested. In an uncontested divorce, you and your spouse reach agreement on all of the issues of custody, parenting time, support, and division of the assets and debt.
In a contested divorce, one or more of those issues will need to be negotiated, or decided by a Judge.
In either situation, I can work in any one of three modes:
a. Your attorney, negotiating issues and settlement with your spouse’s attorney.
b. Your attorney, meeting with you and your spouse (who does not retain an attorney) to finalize and document a settlement that you and your spouse have created.
c. Neutral court-approved mediator working with you and your spouse to reach an agreement acceptable to both sides. Each party will need an attorney to finalize the agreement and process the divorce.
My functions, controlled by New Jersey Court Rules, vary in each mode as shown below. You must decide which mode meets your needs.
Your Atty Your Atty Neutral
Spouse has Spouse - Mediator
Atty no Atty
1. Meet with you and spouse No, only you Yes Yes
2. Explain legal issues and
rules Yes Yes Yes
3. Identify and clarify details Yes Yes Yes
of your settlement
4. Negotiate settlement issues Yes No-you & spouse Facilitate
need to agree. negotiations
for you &
5. Give opinion on fairness Yes, spouse Yes, spouse can No
of agreement to you has own atty. have it reviewed
6. Prepare final Settlement Yes Yes No. Need
Agreement Separate atty.
7. File divorce documents Yes Yes No
8. Represent you at Court Yes Yes No
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of one party over the other has atty for advice. without atty must party must be
be able to under- able to
stand & agree negotiate
without duress. freely.
10. Useful in situations involving High conflict Amicable divorces Divorces with
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It all sprang from a conversation in which a friend that frequently bombards her friend with "I love you!" in playful tones asked if I loved her. I said, something to the effect of, "Yeah. In Christian love," to which she replied that it doesn't count because I'm supposed to love her that way. I was reminded of other conversations in which people (myself included at times) say things like, "the Bible says I have to love them/you, it never says I have to like them/you." I've even heard it explained rather jokingly by a preacher how the Greek wording of the New Testament implies that we have to love people with unconditional love, but aren't required to feel emotional love towards them. Sadly, I've even been guilty of using this line on occasion.
Now according to what I've found from Merriam-Webster, there is some truth to these lines of thought. "Like" applies to an attraction towards something/someone or taking pleasure in something/someone. If you enjoy being around someone, you "like" that person. The Bible doesn't require us to enjoy being around everyone. Enjoyment is largely an emotional reaction to something, the Bible never requires us to have specific emotional reactions, but there are several places (such as passages on anger) in which it expects us to control what we do with our emotions. So my friend was somewhat justified in her indignation, because I didn't say that I get enjoyment from being around her, rather I said I loved her with the love the Bible says to have.
But the other side of the coin is that the Bible requires a much deeper kind of love than "like". It commands us to go beyond physical attraction (eroo) and emotional connection (phileo) and to commit to an unconditional love and acceptance (agapo). It's not a cheat out of love, it's a deeper love. Don't believe me? Check out I Corinthians 13:4-7a
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always hopes, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.How is that a cheat? If that's what the Bible prescribes as Christian love, I'd much rather have that than be liked by all the world. Like as an emotion, can change. The love described above never fails.
I once heard the same preacher who made the Greek word-play mentioned in the beginning of this post discuss how unlike the other words for love found in the NT, agape love - the kind mentioned in the scripture above, the kind we are commanded to - is a conscious decision to love another person regardless of their response. This is why it is commonly referred to as unconditional love. Unlike other kind's of love, it isn't dependant on a feeling or emotion. Like I said earlier, the Bible never commands us to have a certain emotion, it tells us to control how we handle our emotions. The commandment to love one another is a command to ignore how our emotions react to people, and to put their best interest above our own. If that's Christian love, sign me up! Forget about being liked. Sadly, I myself despite the claims I make of loving others in Christian love (which are usually just playful ways of assuring my friends that I'm not romantically interested in them), have failed to have this true kind of Christian love towards other people.
I think the Bible challenges me along with all who are in Christ, to put aside their emotions towards others. To take on the attitude and mindset of Christ, and truly love another just as God loved us through Christ. To stop looking at our relationships with other people in terms of what they can do for us and how they make us feel, and to start asking what we can put into them, how we can be a benefit the other person. That's a pretty tall order, one that I know I personally am unable to fill. I don't have that kind of love in me. But the best part is that I don't have to have that kind of love myself, because God gave it to me when he sent Christ to die on the cross for me. And now his Holy Spirit dwelling in me attests to that love daily. All I have to do is allow the Spirit to express that love through me. By my own power I am uncapable of Christian love, but with God's help I can redistribute the love that he lavishes upon me. Even still, a realistic mindset must admit that perfect Christian love is something that I'll never completely achieve as long as I dwell in this mortal body, but I just think of it as practice for Heaven.
So is it an insult when someone says they love you in Christian love? Is it a cheat that the Bible calls Christians to love others, and not to like us? Hardly! The cheat would be if the Bible merely required Christians to like others. If Christians truly lived up to the Biblical requirements to love others, this world would be one awesome place!
Thanks for reading!!!!


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I called him at my place for talking and to discuss some stuff....I Simply talked with him about here and there, he shared his body building stories like I can lift This and that much weight on shoulders...which made me more happy….all of sudden I asked will you be able to lift me … initially he taught that I’m asking him to do cradle lift …. Then I cleared, that I'm asking for SR…. He agreed for sr….he told it would be easy for me yo lift you…. after lifting me he also did squats while i was seating on his shoulders..i enjoyed the ride it was fabulous ride....i rode om him for approx 5 minutes...
I found this topic interesting because my ex husband is a body builder and I managed to coerce him into carrying another man on his shoulders.
We were not married at that time and I often insisted that he let me sit on his shoulders for various reasons and carry me that way when I felt like it. He did not like doing this for me but I could always get him to by attacking his ego .
Whether he was carrying me or I was just sitting up there, he always obeyed me , even with some resentment on his part.
One day we happened to be at a gathering which included my ex boyfriend. We were still friends and broke up only because he confessed that he was gay. It took some time before we became friends again but we had a long close history and stayed close friends.
I knew my (now )ex husband didn't like my gay ex boyfriend but it amused me to see how far I could coerce him into doing things he didn't like. I managed to challenge him to carry my ex boyfriend on his shoulders. He objected very strongly but I pushed and prodded him , bruising his ego by implying he wasn't "man enough" and "too weak" until he complied. My ex boyfriend knew I was pushing it to test my ex husband's limits, but really wanted to sit on his shoulders , mostly because he knew my husband resented him.
My ex bent at the waist and my friend immediately straddled his head and sat on his neck. My husband straightened up and my friend smiled down at me,wiggled his cute bottom and winked at me because he knew I was making my husband the object of our joke. I got my husband to carry my friend several times around the area we were parked in while my friend smiled and simulated a sexual action that my husband couldn't see.
It was a joke we shared between us for several years after that day.
what a great story!
could you tell us some more about how built a bodybuilder your ex husband was and how long you made him carry your ex?
riding on bodybuilders' shoulders is a great topic, please keep sharing
My ex husband was a little over 6ft tall and weighed about 230 lbs at the time. He wasn't a competitive body builder but he was very muscular with a very wide back and "ripped" as my friends put it.
He is rather bright in reality but easy to control because his ego was and is the chink in his armor.
At concerts, parades etc, I could sit on his shoulders for literally hours and sometimes only sit on one shoulder. It always felt good to see the envy in other women's eyes while I sat on him.
I should mention that I weighed between 130 to 135 lbs at the time.
My gay ex-boyfriend was 5ft 9in, average build and about 175 lbs at the time. He really did enjoy the ride and often mentioned how much he enjoyed 'Sitting On my Hunk" that day.
My ex husband and I were married for a little over a year and I was training him a little at a time throughout our marriage. His physical strength and muscles are really the only thing I miss about him.
I did get him to carry some heavy people in various ways. He never liked it , but as I said, I had him firmly under my thumb.
I'm sorry it didn't work with him, but I bet you get the most out of his muscles and strength during the time together.
Have you ever ridden on someone as strong as him?
No need to be sorry about my marriage. I dated him for about a year and we were married just over a year. The marriage was open on my end because I'm not monogamous and he agreed because I wouldn't marry him if he didn't.
He was fun to play with but I got bored having to retrain him to many times and I divorced him. It really is fun to control a man who is twice your size. If I wanted to, I could get him back by wiggling my finger.
I never rode or sat on the shoulders of anyone stronger than he was as an adult. I was carried by a man who was a good friend of my father as a young girl . He was not a body builder but still very muscular and strong,almost certainly stronger than my ex husband. But he carried me out of affection and I didn't control him. Once he carried me for several miles and I don'tr think he even noticed my weight sitting on him. I was probably about 100 lbs at that time.
Getting my ex husband to carry other people was always a challenge but a lot of fun. He carried several of my girl friends who weight much more than me and a few of my male friends including two guys who were my current boyfriends at the time.
He hated carrying the men the most but it was fun to watch .
You have been lucky to ride a bodybuilder (or anyway a veyr muscular man) so many times.
It happened to me only one, at a concert. He was a stranger big guy built like a heavy powerlifter. He saw me looking at other guys doing shoulders rides and he asked if I wanted one. Not sure how long he carried me for, but with short breaks must have been most of the afternoon. Never had something similar again
What about the men you forced your bf to carry? Apart from your gay friend, how did it happen?
The first few were just coercion. Dares and attacking his ego were my method because I knew exactly what buttons to push.
The first straight man I got him to carry was the boyfriend of one of my girl friends. I got him to carry my girl friend by challenging him simply because she weighed more than me.He really didn't want to but she and I pushed him hard and his ego , added to wanting to please me won out. I was amused to notice the strain on his face when he got down and she sat on him. She really didn't like him but she didn't show that she didn't except that she sat down on his shoulders with a bounce and then squeezed his head between her thighs, pretending that she was afraid of falling.
He didn't really have much of a problem carrying her so we pushed our game farther by involving her boyfriend. The boyfriend joined in,saying that most bodybuilders had muscles only for show etc.
The boyfriend was a little on the chubby side and I guess around 200 lbs. My ex finally gave in with three of us making fun of him and he almost growled as he stooped down and the man sat ,almost jumped on his shoulders. My ex walked once around the room and wanted to stop but we made fun of him and the guy sitting on him said "is that all you got?" Well, we got him to make 4 more circles of the room. One more than he made with my girl friend riding him. I think her boyfriend enjoyed it more than we thought he would because we noticed a bulge in his shorts afterward.
It wasn't until after we were married and I broke him down a little at a time that I got him to carry a few of my own boyfriends and several of my gay male friends. He hated the latter the most because he's very homophobic and that made his discomfort more fun for me and others watching.
How's the riding lately? Do you have any muscular man to carry you nowadays?
I haven't had any particularly muscular guys carry me in some time.
I probably could get a body builder or gym rat if I really wanted one.
One man I believe I could is one of the boyfriends of a close friend.
He has a fetish for being submissive and being squashed. My friend is a plus size woman and accommodates his fetish but I don't think she sits on his shoulders. She's rather heavy and afraid of falling.
I don't really avoid muscular guys for dating, but my taste is for more average guys and muscle guys and gym rats are less submissive and it's harder to attack their egos and make them do what I want.
Also, since I'm older than when I was married and tend to date older men who are not as easy to manipulate , it takes more manipulation with more mature men. As such, choosing men by how well I can control them and their personality types requires less of my time and effort.
But I have a couple of guys who have let my friends ride on their shoulders.


Welcome to our article on data-driven strategies for sustained customer loyalty in the retail industry. In today’s competitive market, customer loyalty is crucial for the success of any retail business. By implementing data-driven strategies, businesses can enhance their marketing efforts, understand customer behavior, and drive customer loyalty.
Data-driven marketing involves utilizing data and analytics to guide marketing strategies and decision-making. According to a BCG report, 75% of companies acknowledge that data is the most important lever to drive growth and efficiency. However, many businesses face challenges in effectively using data-driven marketing, such as not having a clear strategy, lack of access to rich data, and not having the right technology for segmentation and targeting.
By leveraging technology and choosing the right platform, businesses can overcome these challenges and unlock the power of data-driven marketing. Understanding customer behavior through data allows businesses to create targeted campaigns, referral programs, and personalized rewards. Effective communication with customers through loyalty programs helps improve customer retention. By making informed decisions based on customer data, businesses can save costs and enhance sales.
In this article, we will explore the importance of customer loyalty programs in retail and how businesses can leverage customer data to create personalized loyalty programs. We will also discuss the future of loyalty programs and the role of data-driven personalization in sustaining customer loyalty.
- Data-driven marketing is crucial for increasing customer loyalty in the retail industry.
- Loyalty programs play a crucial role in retaining customers and driving brand loyalty in retail.
- A data-driven approach is essential for creating personalized loyalty programs in retail.
- The future of loyalty programs lies in data-driven personalization.
- Data-driven loyalty programs are becoming a must-have for customer-centric, omnichannel brands in retail.
The Importance of Customer Loyalty Programs in Retail
Loyalty programs are a fundamental tool for retail businesses, playing a vital role in both customer retention and driving brand loyalty. Engaged customers who participate in loyalty programs tend to be more valuable as they are more likely to increase their spending with the brands they are loyal to. In fact, studies have demonstrated that loyalty program members spend three times more than non-members.
One of the key advantages of loyalty programs is the ability to collect valuable customer data. By tracking customer behavior and preferences through these programs, businesses gain valuable insights that help them better understand their customers. This data-driven approach enables businesses to personalize rewards and offers, creating a personalized experience that resonates with their loyal customers.
Another benefit of loyalty programs is effective communication. Through these programs, businesses can establish direct channels of communication with their loyal customers. This allows for targeted and personalized communication, strengthening the relationship between the brand and its loyal customers. By maintaining strong relationships, businesses can increase customer retention and foster long-term loyalty in the retail sector.
Finally, effective utilization of customer data and continuous program evolution are key factors for attracting new customers and improving overall customer retention. By analyzing customer data gathered through loyalty programs, businesses can identify trends, preferences, and areas for improvement. This enables them to refine their strategies, tailor their offerings, and attract new customers who align with their brand’s values and offerings.
Key Benefits of Loyalty Programs in Retail:
- Increased customer retention and brand loyalty
- Enhanced understanding of customer behavior through data collection
- Personalized rewards and offers that resonate with customers
- Effective communication channels to maintain strong relationships
- Attraction of new customers and improvement of overall customer retention
By leveraging customer loyalty programs and the valuable data they provide, retail businesses can establish strong connections with their customers, foster loyalty, and drive long-term success.
Leveraging Customer Data for Personalized Loyalty Programs
A data-driven approach is crucial for creating personalized loyalty programs in the retail industry. By understanding customer behavior and preferences through data, we can develop meaningful loyalty programs that effectively engage and retain customers.
Gathering Data for Targeted Campaigns and Personalized Rewards
One of the key benefits of leveraging customer data is the ability to develop targeted campaigns. By analyzing data on customer behavior, we can identify patterns and insights that enable us to create tailored marketing strategies. This data-driven approach allows us to deliver personalized rewards and offers that resonate with individual customers, increasing their engagement and satisfaction.
Improving Customer Retention through Effective Communication
Customer retention is a critical aspect of loyalty program management. By leveraging customer data, we can communicate with our customers in a more personalized and relevant way. Whether it’s sending targeted emails, push notifications, or personalized recommendations, effective communication through loyalty programs helps to build stronger relationships with customers, increasing their loyalty and likelihood of repeat purchases.
Making Informed Decisions and Enhancing Sales
Customer data provides valuable insights that can guide our decision-making. By analyzing data on customer purchasing behavior, product preferences, and engagement levels, we can make informed decisions that drive sales and improve the overall effectiveness of our loyalty programs. This data-driven approach allows us to allocate resources efficiently, optimize our marketing efforts, and deliver personalized experiences that resonate with our customers.
Engaging Customers and Attracting New Ones
An evolving loyalty program that utilizes customer data keeps customers engaged and interested. By consistently analyzing and updating our loyalty program offerings, we can meet the evolving needs and preferences of our customers. Additionally, by leveraging customer data, we can target and attract new customers through personalized ad campaigns and referral programs, expanding our customer base and driving business growth.
In conclusion, a data-driven approach is essential in loyalty program management to create personalized experiences that drive customer engagement, loyalty, and business growth. By leveraging customer data, we can tailor our loyalty programs, communicate effectively, make informed decisions, and continuously engage and attract customers in the retail industry.
The Future of Loyalty Programs: Personalization Through Data
As the retail industry evolves, the future of loyalty programs hinges on data-driven personalization. Today, customers have higher expectations and crave personalized experiences from the brands they choose to engage with. To meet these demands, businesses must leverage data to gain a deeper understanding of customer needs and preferences.
Through data-driven approaches, retailers can deliver personalized rewards, customized offers, and tailored communications that resonate with their customers on an individual level. By utilizing the wealth of customer data available, businesses can create loyalty programs that foster sustained interest and engagement. Data also plays a crucial role in attracting new customers through targeted ad campaigns that speak directly to their interests and preferences.
As the retail landscape continues to adapt to the post-pandemic reality, data-driven loyalty programs are becoming an essential component for customer-centric, omnichannel brands. By harnessing the power of data, businesses can design loyalty programs that cater to the unique needs and expectations of their customers, ultimately fostering increased customer retention and brand loyalty.


Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tao Te Ching Chapter 19-2 Morality of love
Destroy "morality of love". Throw away its rules. And people will recover children's filial duty and parents' merciful "love". (Ch.19)
"I love you because my moral forces me to."
"I love you because you are my parent and my filial duty forces me to."
"I love you because you are my child and my mercy forces me to."
Do we really want someone in front of us to tell so?
Love all. Period.
Accept everything without thinking about moral, duty, mercy, or even the word "love".
-No discernment 19-1
-Morality of love 19-2
-No profit, no thieves 19-3
-Taoist investment 19-4
-Essence = Uncarved block 19-5
-Reduce desire 19-6
-Don't learn 19-7
-Tao by Matsumoto / Tao Te Ching / Chapter 19
Tao answers your question!
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Marriage. It is a word that strikes fear into the heart of many people within the Church these days, because of the fractious nature of the debates of the recent past and the demands for equality for some sectors of society. The Gospel lesson (Mark 10.2-16) will then, be something that will either be embraced or avoided for one reason or another. It speaks about marriage, divorce, the blessing of children and the reception of the kingdom of God.
But first let’s set the scene: Jesus has moved on from Capernaum, across the River Jordan and into the territory of Herod Antipas. The same king who had locked up and then had John the Baptist executed. The Pharisees saw and opportunity to have Jesus locked up. So asked him to talk about marriage and see if they could get him to offend Antipas and for things to take their course. Jesus questions them about what the Law and therefore Moses had to say about divorce. They discuss the passage from Deuteronomy which says,
If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. (Deut. 24.1-4)
The question that is being asked I think is this: “Under what grounds is it lawful to divorce your wife... what conditions have to be met for it to be okay to do that?” Jesus rather than agree with the standard of his day, or even of Moses goes back further and quotes Moses from Genesis where it is written,
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female... Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” (Mark 10.6-9; Genesis 2.24)
Therein, there is a difference between what the world believes about marriage and what the Church believes. The Church believes that marriage is a lifelong process of going from being two individuals to being a single unit. Thus marriage was God’s idea and the act giving woman to man and man to woman was, in and of itself, a gift. And it is a gift that is not given once and only once. It is the gift that is meant to keep on giving, husband to wife and wife to husband.
Unfortunately, the world has reduced marriage to uniting two people who believe that they have found their BFF (Best Friend Forever). Being faithful in that context seems to be reducing to “for as long as you both shall love” rather than the Church’s standard of “for as long as you both shall live.” Marriage is more than just feeling that one loves another. It is the deliberate choice to love the other person whether you feel like it or not. Being faithful to marriage bed is not just a physical thing, it is about putting one’s wife, one’s husband ahead of all things and all people, excluding everyone and everything but God, who binds the relationship through his own love and strength.
What Jesus calls the Church to, is a high standard of living and being together, especially in marriage. The marriage bond is meant exemplify the relationship between Christ and his Church. God came up with the idea of marriage and gave woman to man as a companion. Through Christian marriage, the world should be able to see God and glorify him because we are made aware of his presence by the way that the married couple lives together.
How do children come into this? We are challenged to receive the coming king, the coming kingdom like you are going to receive a newly born child. You need to present yourself to Christ to be blessed and then work to draw others into that blessing. You need to give them the Child that was in that manger so long ago and who invites those who will come to him to receive the power to become the children of God. May that be so for you today.


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Large Account Management Process 2.0 (LAMP 2.0) is a customer-centric, business planning process for managing relationships within the most significant accounts of an organization. Providing a roadmap for nurturing and protecting these accounts, long-term growth is developed through strategic analysis and use of the Gold Sheet. Create a mutually-beneficial, long-term growth strategy with the implementation of LAMP methodology.
Enable account managers to:
► Analyze the current status of relationships to identify value perception discrepancies, and develop a shared vision with customers.
► Align members of the selling team with their counterparts in customer organizations to improve communication and collaboration.
► Learn to set clearly defined Relationship Goals with measurable results.
Any member of the organization involved in account management should attend. This includes sales and sales management, as well as post-sales support associates such as those in customer service, logistics, and IT. Any department that will have an ongoing relationship with Strategic Accounts can help advance the customer relationship by implementing the Large Account Management Process (LAMP).
Session will be given in English but facilitator is fluent in Dutch and French.
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Whenever you talk about Bigg Boss, what crosses your mind is a few fights, some arguments, exchange of nasty comments, emotional scarring and a lot of trauma.
However, you must not forget that this show is not about such things only. When you think of Bigg Boss, you can always remember some extremely candid moments, some love stories, some love making, some cute hugs and finally, a lot of sacrifices.
Season 10 of the show is just about to end and this season has also been full of drama, entertainment, fights, arguments, friendship, love and a lot of emotion. Today, we will talk about three of the most emotional moments which were witnessed by this season.
Karan Mehra was perhaps the sweetest guy to come to the show, not only in the current season, but on the whole. It was a very emotional moment, when Rohan Mehra tore a picture of his lovely wife on order to save Rohan Mehra from nominations.
Mona Lisa clearly announced on her entry that she had a boyfriend with whom she had been in a live-in relationship for eight years or so.
It was extremely emotional when her boyfriend Vikrant came inside the house only to propose her on his knees. She gracefully accepted his proposal and got married within the house.
It was an absolute emotional outpour when Manveer’s father came inside the house to meet him after many years. His father hugged him and said that he was very proud of him.


Factors to Consider When Finding the Right Marriage Counseling Center in Your City.
Marriage is a union of two people from different religion, beliefs, and background, who are joined together in love to build a family. However although these people are joined with love you will find that not always that they will have a bed of roses in their marriage, and at times they might be having problems in their relationship. To get more info, visit Babysitting Jobs in London
. Although this is something that is very normal in many marriages, if you don't find the right way to handle the problems that you are having in your marriage, you might end up destroying your marriage and your family as well.
It is therefore important for you to look for professional help from a marriage counselor, who will offer you the right advice that you need to handle the problems that you are having in your marriages and to build a strong marriage and family. There are many marriage counseling centers in your city, but you need to ensure that you have selected the right-center where they are well known in the city for offering professional marriage counseling services. In this article, we are going to look at some of the factors that you need to consider when you are looking for the right marriage counseling center in your city.
1. The reputation.
When you are looking for the right marriage counseling center in your city where you will get the right advice and counseling that you need for you and your partner, it is important for you to consider that center with many positive reviews. If you can ask the people who are around you for reviews on different marriage counseling centers in your city, as well as looking for more reviews on the internet, if you find that marriage counseling centre which has many positive reviews, it is because they are known for offering professional marriage counseling services and they have the most qualified marriage counselors. To get more info, visit christian marriage
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Due to your schedule, you might find that you are not able to attend a live marriage counseling session, and you need to find a marriage counseling center where they are offering online marriage counseling services. It is important for you to consider such a marriage counseling center because you can get the counseling that you need from the comfort of your home or wherever you might be and still get help


GEMS – Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior
The purpose of GEMS Girls’ Clubs is to help bring girls into a living, dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. To help foster this all-important relationship between each girl and Christ, other relationships are nurtured as well – between girls and between girls and their counselor (leader).
GEMS meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings from 6:45-8:15 p.m. Families are welcome to come to our Wednesday Night Supper before the meetings. Dinner is served from 6:00-6:45 p.m.
During the meetings, the girls will:
- Participate in team building
- Enjoy dynamic singing, creative movement, and dance
- Develop important life skills through badge activities
- Learn how to apply the Bible to their lives
- Make creative and fun crafts
- Participate in service projects that make a difference in other’s lives
- Find answers to challenges that girls face today
Kristina Netz (head counselor)


hey, i need advice. this guy who i thought was my bestfriend and counted me as his, has seemed to of gottenclose with this other girl & he says he's as close as her as he is with me even though we've been through so much more and i've known him so much longer. It's like he doesn't really care, and idk what to do.
It’s alright. Take a breath.
If this boy is your best friend like you say he is, there’s no comparison in friendships that should be made. It’s evident you love him, and without a doubt I’m positive he loves you too. However, through him finding closeness with another, does not in the slightest bit lessen the closeness he’s, for much longer, felt with you. The memories will never be forgotten nor overlooked.
Because we’re so often introduced to people, it’s almost inevitable we’ll find others who link with us like the friends who we have now, had once before linked with us too. Be happy, because you began the same. Be happy, because he’s been blessed to have since then, found a best friend in you.


At PROCURA we never forget the key factor that truly defines our work and the nature of our service: allowing the client and the candidate to know each other thoroughly, to know the task or project to be undertaken mutually and, above all, to meet the expectations that both parties have about the position and the relationship this entails.
PROCURA believes it is precisely this factor – the success factor – which enables the company and candidate to work together in a harmonious team spirit.
So our work doesn’t end when we have provided the client with a profile that matches the position. Our goal is to convey the importance of fulfilling both parties’ expectations. Only by ensuring these are well understood and convergent can a fruitful and long-lasting relationship prosper.
This is one of the added values PROCURA offers its clients and their candidates - a value that truly sets us apart from our competitors.


Think of 18th century. It's 1862, in London. Your walking the streets, your hand is locked with a boy about your age, 17. The boy suddenly leans to kiss you and you do the same. Then you both get shot in the arm. The last thing both of you see is each others eyes. You both collapse to the ground and a doctor comes over to you both. He turns you into vampires. Your family, who walked nearby collapsed crying, when you awoke, you and he were vampires.


Who made the mess?
by Michael Colantoni
What is the relationship between yourself and the misery, the confusion, in and around you? Surely this confusion, this misery, did not come into being by itself. You and I have created it, not a capitalist or a communist or a fascist society, but you and I have created it in our relationship with each other. What you are within has been projected without, on to the world; what you are, what you think and what you feel, what you do in your everyday existence is projected outwardly, and that constitutes the world. If we are miserable, confused, chaotic within, by projection that becomes the world, that becomes society, because the relationship between yourself and myself, between myself and another is society—society is the product of our relationship—and if our relationship is confused, egocentric, narrow, limited, national, we project that and bring chaos into the world.
– Krishnamurti, The First and Last Freedom, p 36


I like the day, you prefer the night,
I love a clear sky, you’re crazy ’bout stars.
Sometimes we disagree,
but we’re still doing fine,
through all of these years
our love has survived.
Despite little misunderstandings,
I feel something special for you,
you’re special to me girl,
like to Audrey her favorite pearls.
Chorus: My favorite part of the day
are mornings next to you,
when I wake up
and you’re already looking at me,
I smile and I think, I have everything.
What I would’t do for that smile of yours…
I’m pretty sure this feeling’s gonna last,
we’d found each other
and this is all I could ask for,
‘cause love is all about how much you give,
you also that much will receive.
All I know,
this feeling never wanna let go,
’cause you’re something special for me girl.


Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah. 1 Samuel 1:19
A radical romance is based on a rock solid relationship with Jesus Christ. When the Lord lights the flames of love between two faithful hearts, it’s heavenly. Their allegiance to the Almighty makes their allegiance to each other easy. Their love for the Lord ignites their love for one another. Their faith in God fuels their trust in each other. Their passion to know Christ produces a deep desire to know their lover’s heart. Radical romance flows from a radical worship of God.
A romance with radical results starts in the margins of our relationship with our spouse. Margin is the white space in our schedule that makes us available to support our husband or wife. She may sign up for a couple’s cooking class and would really enjoy your eager participation. He may love for you to accompany him to a sporting event, all decked out in his favorite team’s colors. Serve your spouse in a way they want to be served. Since it makes them happy, you are happy.
“Our Master [Jesus] said, ‘You’re far happier giving than getting’” (Acts 20:35, The Message).
Radical romance comes to couples who intentionally invest emotional energy in each other. It is the prayerful art of administering comfort before injecting truth. It is confronting Christ with my own sin before I confront my spouse with their shortcomings. Romance is the fruit of being engaged with our mind, will, and emotions, as we communicate respect and value. Intimate encounters flow from encouragement. Radical love shows a lost world that faith in God works!
Most of all, be intentional in your time investment with one another. Perhaps you plan a long weekend to organize your calendar and budget for the next twelve months. Spend half your time working and the other half playing. Make it an annual goal to attend a marriage seminar. Study the Bible with other married couples and apply marriage best practices. Pray together for your children and aging parents. Radical romance blossoms from a radical resolve to love well.
“The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband” (1 Corinthians 7:3).
Prayer: Heavenly Father, fill my heart with unconditional love so I radically love my spouse.
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