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RELATIONSHIP COROLLARIES
1. Can I be my own self in this relationship?
2. Am I emotionally honest in expressing my affection?
3. Are we friends first? Romance always follows, it never precedes friendship in a proper relationship.
4. Are we entitled to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our relationship?
5. Am I dating someone I already know I would never marry?
6. Am I the person I know I am when in their presence?
7. Does being with them make me feel ennobled, that I can be better than I am?
8. Am I being real in this relationship?
9. Does this relationship allow me to express my needs and concerns in my own way?
10. Is this relationship built on respect?
CONCLUSION: Selecting an eternal companion is the freest decision we will ever make in mortality. It therefore requires the most effort in making the determination that we will then counsel with the Lord about. We need to bend every effort to learn if our potential companion is what and who we want eternally. Then, and only then, can you expect confirmation from the Lord concerning your decision.
Author: Gerald R. Haddock, Source: BUILDING ETERNAL RELATIONSHIPS . BYU 3rd Ward, 15 March 1998 1. Can I be my own self in this relationship?
2. Am I emotionally honest in expressing my affection?
3. Are we friends first? Romance always follows, it never precedes friendship in a proper relationship.
4. Are we entitled to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our relationship?
5. Am I dating someone I already know I would never marry?
6. Am I the person I know I am when in their presence?
7. Does being with them make me feel ennobled, that I can be better than I am?
8. Am I being real in this relationship?
9. Does this relationship allow me to express my needs and concerns in my own way?
10. Is this relationship built on respect?
CONCLUSION: Selecting an eternal companion is the freest decision we will ever make in mortality. It therefore requires the most effort in making the determination that we will then counsel with the Lord about. We need to bend every effort to learn if our potential companion is what and who we want eternally. Then, and only then, can you expect confirmation from the Lord concerning your decision.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it.
Author: Malcolm X, Source: UnknownThe opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Author: Niels Bohr, Source: UnknownThere are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
Author: Thomas Sowell, Source: UnknownThere is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
Author: ~E.M. Cioran, Source: ~Unknown
A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.
Author: ~E.M. Cioran, Source: ~UnknownShow me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart's drama and the negative meaning of history.
Author: ~E.M. Cioran, Source: ~UnknownEveryone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.
Author: ~paulo coelho, Source: ~AlchemistNo distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the love of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
Author: ~Robert Southey, Source: ~UnknownYou have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Author: ~Dr. Suess, Source: ~Unknown
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.