Lead A Happy Married Life

Though most couples look happy during the first few years of marriage, monotony and boredom set in within no time. This need not be so. Marriage can be a life-long enjoyable experience. Both the partners should try and retain the freshness. Here are some tips to keep your marriage get going on the highway of happiness.

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Explore each other mentally... The more you talk to each other, the better you can understand each other. Make it a point to share your views on a regular basis and be open to new ideas.

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Be a good listener... One should be a good listener too. This is essential to let your spouse know that you respect his/her view.

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Live in the present... Past is gone and there is nothing to worry over it. Try to enjoy the present situation. Do not complain to your spouse that he/she has changed a lot since you met him/her.

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Spare time for each other... Schedule some time just for the two of you-a quiet lunch on a working day, a Saturday evening movie followed by dinner, or just a walk after dinner.

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Vacation... A vacation is always a mood-lifter. Plan at least one long vacation once a year when you can really enjoy. The kids will also love it. It is also a good idea to take some short breaks to re-charge yourself.

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Physical intimacy... Needless to say, physical intimacy is very important for a marriage's survival. Don't neglect this aspect. Physical intimacy may even include a hug, a soft touch or even a compassionate look.

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Caring and Sharing... Try to share housework between yourself. Take turns at making dinner, washing clothes, shopping together, supervising the kids, and so on. Household chores seem less boring when both the partners share them.

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Take time to encourage your interests... Reserve some time, even a few hours a week, when you can step back from your daily responsibilities and indulge in some work you really enjoy. Cultivate a new hobby or restart your old ones.

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Allow space for each other... Every individual needs his/her own privacy and space. Do not make your marriage crowded. If you find your partner in a contemplative mood, leave him/her alone for some time.

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Do not be disagreeable... Try to look presentable before your spouse. Wear fresh, clean clothes and have a well-groomed appearance. Needless to say, the house should also look neat and clean so that both partner love staying at home.

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Be young and energetic... Many neglect their physical appearance. This should not be so. Do some regular exercises to keep yourself physically and mentally fit, enjoy life and cultivate a positive attitude.

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Cherish old friends... Marriage doesnot mean the end of your old friends. Keep in touch with them and introduce them to your spouse. Old friends provide valuable emotional support and prevent you from feeling isolated or depressed.

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Make new friends... Join a club or organization where you can meet people from other professions. Widen your social circle and expand your personal network. Close ties to family and friends help in stengthening a marriage.

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Healthy Criticism... If you must criticize your partner, go in for healthy criticism. Learn to say the positive factors first and then talk about things that trouble you. Be specific - don't generalize. Choose words carefully.

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Good Sayings-35

681. The happiness you give makes you happier than the happiness you receive.
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682. We can discover our joy in the precision and perfection of the work that we turn out whether others recognise it or not.
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683. To know how to wait is to put time on your side. With patience one arrives always. A persevering will surmounts all obstacles.
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684. Man's destined purpose is to overcome the evil in him and to restore good to its rightful place.
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685. Our faith should be like an everburning lamp which not only gives us light but also illuminates the surroundings.
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686. If u constantly dwell upon that which is selfish and debasing, you will ultimately become selfish and debased.
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687. What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters when compared to what lies within us.__ Emerson
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688. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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689. A teacher who can smile at each student, who can greet each student with love-can work wonders.__ J.P. VASWANI
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690. He who gains victory over other men is strong; but he who gains victory over himself is all powerful.
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691. Prayer needs no speech.
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692. The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
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693. The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right.__ Edward Simmons
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694. Ask yourself these three things before you speak: 1) Is it true?, 2) Is it necessary, 3) Will it hurt anybody?__ J.P. VASWANI
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695. Conditional love says: I Love You, because I need you! Unconditional love says: I need you because I Love U!
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696. Faith is a belief in what I do not know now, so that I may soon enough come to know what i believe in.
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697. A thoughtless word hardly ever escape my tongue or pen.
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698. A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.
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699. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, but one tongue, to the end that we should near and see more than we should speak.__Socreties.
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700. Success is the result of good judgement; good judgement is the result of experience and experience is often the result of bad judgement.

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661. Without faith in Supreme Being human life will be like a building without a foundation or a ship without a ballast.
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662. Failures are divided into two classes - those who thought and never did and those who did and never thought.__ Dennis Conner
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663. God gives you enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
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664. A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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665. The ignorant are like saline soil; they are there, but useless.
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666. One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary man. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.__ Elbert Hubbard
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667. The more experience I gather, the more I realise that man himself is the cause of his happiness as his misery.
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668. Never forget the goal. Never stop aspiring. Never halt in your progress, and you are sure to succeed.__The Mother
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669. Mass discipline is an essential condition for a people who aspire to be a great nation.__ Mahatma Gandhi.
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670. Real greatness lies in a pure and simple life.__ Zarathushtra
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671. The powers of the mind are like rays of the sun, if dissipated, when they are concentrated, they illumine.
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672. We gather in the present the harvest prepared by the noble efforts of our ancestors in the past.
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673. One should be content with what he has got and should not worry about things he does not have.
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674. It is for us to make effort. The result is always in the hands of God. Satisfaction lies in the effort not in the attainment.
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675. Look upon God as your only true friend.
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676. The reason for the loss of peace in the world is the disappearance of fear of sin and love of god.
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677. Manavathava (humaneness) means the complete harmony of thought, word and deed.
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678. To realise your own inherent divinity, service to the people is the best kind of sadhana.
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679. The road to man's liberation is barred by three gates: Kama (lust), Krodha (hatred) and Lobha (greed).
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680. An aimless life is always a miserable life.__The mother.
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Good Sayings__ 33

641. In every mistake you make, in every fall you encounter, there is a lesson of vital importanceif you search for it.__James Allen

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642. Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

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643. Truth stands on its own evidence. It does not require any other testimony to prove it true, it is self-effulgent.

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644. The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

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645. Crown of home is Godliness. Beauty of home is orderliness. Blessings of home is contentment.

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646. While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.

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647. When there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

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648. A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.__ Dr. Samuel Johnson.

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649. From the unreal lead me to the real. From darkness lead me to light. From death lead me to immortality.

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650. The true meaning of education is all round development of character and personality of a person.

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651. A smile acts upon difficulties as the sun upon the clouds - it disperses them.__ The Mother

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652. Success without a positive attitude is called Luck. Success with a positive attitude is called Achivement.

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653. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

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654. If a man does not give thought to problems which are still distant he will be worried by them when they come nearer.

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655. People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

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656. Blessed are they who are loved; but twice blessed are they who have the ability to love and give.

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657. Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do.

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658. The only definition that can be given of morality is this: that which is selfish is immoral and that which is unselfish is moral.

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659. Force generated by non-violence is infinitely greater than the force of all arms invented by man's ingenuity. __Gandhiji

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660. Every good movement passes through five stages: Indifference, Ridicule, Repression, Hatred and Respect.

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