Happiness & Love

This is an age old question. We all love LOVE! Love of all forms. Parent, sibling, children, friends, and of course mate. Regardless of how times those people who love us disappoint, hurt, or even betray us we still love them in some way. Now we may chose to deal with them differently but we still love them. I was thinking about this whole loving Love thing and wondered what keeps people seeking it. Especially romantic love. For most people by a certain age in adulthood, they have been hurt by love. Yet, the average person still believe in and pursue it. But why? The wonderful feeling of being loved? The feeling giving love gives you? The feeling of being in loved? Or is it the combination of all the things that equal being in love? The companionship, warm feelings, happiness, and love all in one bucket? In all my years of relationships, successful and unsuccessful, I have never given up on love. I have heard friends of mine say they have, but still are open to it. Still willin...

In a relationship, what is the different between compromising and settling? This is a topic I have discussed many times with friends. It is interesting to hear people's opinions on it. I personally believe a person's opinion on this topic depends on where they are in life and romantic relationships. Webster Dictionary defines compromising as: to come come to agreement by mutual concession. Webster Dictionary defines settle as: to sink gradually. Another definition is to arrange in a desired position. To settle for means - to be content with. Compromising appears to be better than settling. Each party involved makes a concession of some type. Most relationships are this way. We give up something to be a part of them. We get a something though. I believe that this is normal. Compromising is something needed in most aspects of life, not just romantic relationships. Settling appears to be less than compromising. Settling is taking less than you want and not getting as muc...

I have been slacking badly on my writing. I have been busy between my new job, moving, personal life, friends visiting, attending a camp with our extended family, and restarting my job search (I know... I know...). I miss writing some. Sometimes I write on topics that I need to just get off my chest. Those are more like letters to the person that they never see. I also started a journal. I watched a sermon by Lisa Comes of Joel Osteen's ministries. The sermon was titled Developing A Strategic Vision For Your Life. She spoke about writing down your visions and making them plan. I have done this in several ways before. I have a sheet in my room that I write my large goals on. I also completed a Vision Board late last year in addition to filling out a workbook of things I want to achieve and work on this year. I felt what Lisa was talking about was different. It was not only my goals and desires, but things that backed them up. Like positive quotes and scriptures. I decided t...