Exercise
Three — Your Mate
If you are married, hopefully your mate is the most important influence in your life.
Hopefully, your beloved is a true companion and friend to you. Likely, he or she is deeply
happy in your times of happiness and deeply touched when you are. Your mate sorrows with
you in the sad times and struggles beside you wholeheartedly in times of challenge and
difficulty.
Chances are you know much of the time what your companion is thinking and feeling, what
would make your mate happier, what your mate is concerned about. Even in a silent moment,
you and your partner are communicating. You can tell by a look, or just sensing the
atmosphere, what is on your beloved's mind.
You and your mate have truly joined together. You are wedded and blended into one
another through the love of your hearts, the sharing of your thoughts, and the weaving of
your individual days into a lifetime together. So deeply are you joined that your partner
can be the most freeing influence in your
life, welcoming you from old thoughts, influences, and habits of conduct, into a new
shared heaven. In your partner is a chance for renewal, a chance for self-discovery in the
presence of a dear friend.
Your partner is your fellow traveler in...
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