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10 Guidelines for Choosing Your Mate
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend Today the divorce rate stands around 50%. This means that a lot of people are choosing their mate badly. Actually the divorce rate doesn’t give the full picture. Of 10 marriages only 5 stay married, 2 stay married because of finances or the children, that leaves only 3 out of 10 who are in some way compatible. It is believed that only 1 or 2 out of 10 marriages are actually a happy marriage. It is true that you will never find the perfect…
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The Road of Life Can be a Beautiful and Exciting Experience…
Written by Jimmie Burroughs The Road of Life can be a Beautiful and Exciting Experience… although sometimes it can be a little disconcerting with all the twists and turns, but the excitement of not knowing what’s next can add a bit of adventure. At any rate life is an exciting adventure at every turn in the road. The attitude we have about life though determines how exciting it is. We can look at life with a jaded eye of disdain or we can see it as an opportunity to experience it fully, enjoying every little twist and turn of the road even up to the very end. Death itself can…
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Becoming a Better Person is the Secret to Building Better Relationships…
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32, King James Version) Three of the most common things I’ve noticed over the years in my counseling experiences are that couples are often unkind to one another, often express anger toward each other and have an unforgiving attitude. All three of these are just characteristics of lack of growth or you could say immaturity. Maturing means becoming a better person: “Becoming a Better Person is the Secret to Building Better Relationships.” It’s called personal development. So the purpose of this article is to discuss how to reverse those three…