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Beyond Valentine’s Day
Love is a choice we keep on making.
This entry was posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes and tagged cartoon, commitment, funny, love, relationships, soulmate, Valentine's Day. Bookmark the permalink.
Soulmate-ness isn’t found, it is cultivated through time and effort.
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Yes, amen! Love is a choice.
I like bumper cars and go carts, too. Ha! Nothing says love quite like crashing cars into one another. for the sheer joy of it all. What can I say, we’re a weird species. 🙂
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Amen to that, sister!
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Yes!!! This is what we share with our readers all the time. A good marriage comes from two people willing to give 100% each to cultivating their relationship. Thanks Mitch—I’m sharing on our blog if you don’t mind.
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Feel free to, Debi.
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A friend once told me, “A marriage based on 50-50 is headed for trouble. It has to be 100-100 to be successful.” 😉
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Yes. A marriage of 50-50, someone has to keep score. That never works!
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Love is a daily choice. Fifty-six years of marriage has taught us that. I like the bumper car idea. It’s often like that.
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Rwfrohlich likes anything with wheels!
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;>)
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Kristine and I are so different and yet so alike. She feeds my soul.
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I know the feeling, Robert.
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Oh how true. Choice is a wonderful thing. It keeps us free and humble. We’ll said.
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Nice.
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Exactly!
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Good thing I was done with my coffee before seeing the Bumper Cars of Love!! It would have come out my nose! 😂
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I have been making that same choice to love my wife every day for 21 years and then some. Commitment, a healthy dose of humility, gratitude and forgiveness. Shared laughter and at times, tears. On point, Mitch!
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Thanks, Eric. And here’s to your next 21 years, and your next…
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Yes! There is no point at which a marriage can safely go on auto-pilot. Steering has to happen every minute and every day. Thanks for this reminder, Mitch.
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No truer words!
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57 years come September. She is a Saint!
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Wow! I’m guessing you’re a little holy yourself.
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