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If you can hold in mind your love for each other and keep that before you at times of great difficulty and in all situations
If you can make being right less important than being connected and instead work toward harmony and grace
If
you can keep your head while everything in you
screams for revenge and come back to the table
with compassion and compromise
If
your relationship can be your first priority and
not last place in your day
If you can use
empathy like a mighty sword to cut through your
pain instead of being like a rock or an
island
If you can surrender
to your mate when all that is in you wants to
leave yet continue on with consideration and
kindness
If you can hear
complaints and respond with understanding and not
give way to contempt and rage
If you can recognize that conflict is normal and trust is earned and still be reliable and loving
If you can appreciate that love is not a given but is created from being a loving person
If you can become the person that you most admire and treat the ones you love with kindness and consideration
You will create a loving relationship
