How to Love Selflessly

loving couple How to Love SelflesslyIs your love all that it should be?

“Love one another and you’ll be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that”, says Michael Leunig, an Australian writer.

Relationships define the quality of our life.  How selflessly we love determines the quality of our relationships.

We all need a reminder on occasion of what truly devoted, sacrificial love looks like.  I certainly do.  I’m guilty of slipping off into …

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Life Is Too Short: A Warning to Get Your Act Together

beautifullake Life Is Too Short: A Warning to Get Your Act TogetherHave you faced just how short life really is?

The reality of this came crashing in on me again recently and along with it I thought, “I’ve got to get my act together.”

Life is simply too short to keep holding on to some things.  More often than not, we hurt ourselves by failing to change.

We don’t even like hearing these messages never mind actually embracing them. 

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How To Show Someone You Love Them Every Day

lovers hug How To Show Someone You Love Them Every Day Want to do yourself a tremendous favor?

Learn to improve your relationships.

Relationships are a HUGE part of living a full and rewarding life.  Showing love to the one you care about the most is crucial to nurturing a great relationship.  It needs to be done on a daily basis.

How do we do show love every day?  I’m still figuring it out myself even after 18 years of marriage.…

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Living Life to the Fullest: Are You FULL of it?

This is a guest post by Stephen Borgman at Personal Success Factors.fountain Living Life to the Fullest: Are You FULL of it?

Are You FULL of it?!!

The ancient Greeks had a term called “zoe”, which was a term used to describe both temporal and eternal life.  I like to think of it as “life at its fullest.” 

So, what does it take to experience life at its fullest?  I did some thinking, and came up with the ideas …

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Improve Your Marriage: 50 Simple Acts of Love

couple Improve Your Marriage: 50 Simple Acts of Love Do you perform acts of love for your spouse every day?

Recently, I wrote in one of my Smart Living Rules that love is a verb.  Real love is how you act toward someone.  In marriage, it is asking, “What can I do today to make my spouse’s life better and show them my love?”

The answer to this question doesn’t have to be complicated, expensive or time-consuming.  We often …

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Smart Living Rule 12 – Love Others and Let Yourself Be Loved

heart Smart Living Rule 12   Love Others and Let Yourself Be Loved Do you feel loved?

We all want love.  Love satisfies our deepest needs.  We long for the nurturing, accepting and forgiving nature of love. 

You must give it to receive it and you have to live smartly to be lovable.  These requirements are non-negotiable. 

A life without love is empty and dark.  Open your heart and let the light shine in!…

A little refresher on how to love and be Read more »

Fatherhood: 25 Things I Learned Playing Barbies

barbie thumb Fatherhood: 25 Things I Learned Playing Barbies “Wanna play Barbies?”

As a father of two daughters, I’ve heard this question many times and for the record I’ve spent my share of time in the floor pretending to be one of Barbie’s friends.

However, it wasn’t that comfortable for me at first.  You have to understand, I am guy who grew up in rural Oklahoma without any sisters. 

My brothers and I played army, rode dirt bikes and …

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