KEEPING LOVE ALIVE BLESSING (for couples) 

B: Boat of love you are in, so keep that boat afloat by rowing together in the same direction and keeping it afloat with loving propulsion.
L: Love can’t exist with too much negativity – so don’t let it into your love boat. Love is what it is all about and keeping that love afloat
E: Energize the love you have by seeing love when you look in a mirror and reflect that love to your love.
S: See love as a positive force, and that it is expressing positivity that keeps love afloat and alive.
S:Sound off if you must but sound off in a positive loving, caring way. See your relationship as a boat that needs to be kept afloat with love, care, concern plus sumptuous lavishings of cherishing.

Y: You are shipmates with your mate. You are captain of your life but in a relationship you share captaincy of the relationship, and the way you speak to your co-captain is key to whether you stay in the same boat for the rest of your lives.
O: Oasis of love is what it is all about and you should take the lead to build that love nest.
U: Usually love starts on a high note and keeping that loving feeling alive should be your number One relationship goal.

SPECIAL LOVE
You have found your man, now how do you keep him?  Surprising but your focus should be on you first before your man! Yes you come first. Really. Here’s how

MEN HAVE FAULTS!
If you look at your man first you will see fault upon fault glaring in your face. Men would say women have faults too!

NAILS IN A COFFIN
Every time you pick fault it is like knocking a nail in the coffin of your relationship.  Do you want to drive him away? Well if you do then drive in one more nail by highlighting a fault! Think before you speak – are you the undertaker of your relationship? Every time you point a finger at your loved one and put the blame on him you are adding the weight of negativity to the relationship.

TWO TOGETHER IN A BOAT
Your boat should be love boat where you are both smoothly sailing in the same direction. See negativity as weighing down that boat, and you know what happens when there is too much negativity – the boat sinks. Sometimes there are survivors – but what has not survived is your high hopes. There is another way to get superb sailing on the high seas!

THE POND OF LIFE
Long before mirrors were invented people would look in a small pool of water to see their reflection. Nowadays we have mirrors. What the mirror gets you to do is to look at yourself. So next time before you sound off to your loved one get a mirror out and take a deep look at yourself.

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
When we look into the mirror we are looking at ourselves. We are starting with our responsibility to make the relationship something that both can cherish. We are responsible for actions and our reactions to what is happening in the relationship.

FULL STEAM AHEAD
Mirror, mirror on the wall – we all know the story of Snow White and how the wicked stepmother queen used a magic mirror to find out who was the fairest of them all and it was not the wicked queen. That was a misuse of the mirror because the queen was not seeing her positive qualities and reflecting upon her own lovely nature. So you have to have a positive, can-do frame of mind when you look into the mirror.

You have to have a positive, can-do frame of mind when you look into the mirror

RECREATION WITH THE MIRROR
Another story from the world of fairy tales tells about a fat king who wanted to lose weight. When he looked in the mirror he saw only a fat person. He decided to look for a mirror that would give him a better picture. He walked all over the mountains and eventually found it – by then when he looked in the real mirror, he had become that handsome person he had wanted to be. So what do you see when you look into the mirror? You can change that image and feelings if you really want to!

THE POWER WITHIN
The power is within and we get a glimpse of it when we look into the mirror. It will give you an insight as to what is working for you and what you need to do to change what is not working.

DON”T SMASH THE MIRROR!
Do you remember the superstition? Seven years bad luck comes to those who break a mirror for whatever reason. So don’t blame the mirror either!

LOVE IS THE JOURNEY AND DESTINATION
Think of honeymoons: usually an oasis of overwhelming love – and probably the most loving time of a relationship. Love is what it is all about and keeping that love afloat. Thus it is about becoming more loving. You are only looking into the mirror for the purpose of learning and growing.

KEEPING YOUR LOVE AFLOAT
You are made up of a lower self and a higher self and the mirror can help you get in touch with your higher self more – the part of you who is the most loving of all – your heart, your soul, the essence of who you are. The areas of love that manifest as compassion, caring, concern, cherishing, respect and kindness.

SELF AWARENESS AND ULTIMATE HEALING
Again think of our love boat and perhaps it has sprang a leak. We need time to heal and we can do that more constructively if we think of what we can do to heal the relationship.

THE NUMBER 1 SECRET

1. See your love as a love boat where your mission is to keep negativity out and love in, and before you are ever tempted to say anything negative or do anything negative you have a good look at yourself first in the mirror.

The Number 2 secret

2. The number 1 secret is not the easiest to do 24/7 but remember practice makes perfect. Just do your best.

About the author

An I CAN READ English specialist with over 20 years teaching experience, I have worked in the British Council and Linguaphone, well-known language institutions. I am a London-trained lawyer and have been the public affairs officer at the British High Commission, Singapore, as well as an editor in an international book publishing house and a national magazine. In 2006, I was appointed as an Ambassador of Peace (Universal Peace Federation and Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace). I am also co-author of two law books: English Legal System and Company Law, published by Blackstone, Oxford University Press. For enquiries about I CAN READ classes, email susanmckenzie2003@yahoo.co.uk. FOR DAILY BLESSINGS: www.abetoday.comSusan McKenzie

2 Comments for this entry

  • Nisar says:

    So good article, I really appreciate, however, a teacher should be punctual because students learn a lot from teachers, what will we say if the student is in classroom all the day and the teacher is not around ?

  • Thank you – a teacher should always set a good example. Teachers should be punctual. Blessings for your nice comments.

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