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Ten Rules to Live and Love By

Whether you are dating, married or somewhere in between, these ten rules from Kathy Freston will help you make the most of life and love.
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Rule #6: Honor Your Partner's Path
Honoring your partner's path and allow them the space to find their own way sends a clear message of respect. People need to work things out in their own manner and in their own time. If you try to help where help is not requested, you are signaling your lack of belief in your partner. If you back off and assume someone is strong and intelligent, strength and intelligence are what they will likely find.

Although we are all on this path of realization and expansion together, each of us is unique in our lessons to be learned; the way you do something might be totally different than how someone else needs to process a situation. Rest assured that Spirit is at work in all of our lives, and give yourself a rest from overseeing your partner's personal business.
 
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Published 01/01/2006
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