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Loving the Unlovable

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, … Continue reading

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Losing it All…

Over this past weekend, the picture above was too much on the news.  That picture was from Texas. Severe storms and floods have been hitting Texas and many have lost all. Then we start reading Chapter 8 in Dr. Chapman’s … Continue reading

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Exploring New Roads

Last week the focus was on learning about self; as we discussed how much we pay attention to ourselves, how well we can imagine others’ views of the world, how well we have developed our communication repertoire, how secure we … Continue reading

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Self -Monitoring

http://personality-testing.info/tests/SMS/ Dr. Chapman is getting ready to ask us to learn how to speak different love languages than our own in upcoming chapters so this week he has encouraged us to discover our preferred love language. All this week I … Continue reading

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Cognitive Complexity

Ok you have knowledge of your love language and you have knowledge of your loved one’s love language. Wednesday the discussion was about how a person with a “comfortable” sense of self will have an easier time meeting the needs … Continue reading

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A One Trick Pony

Ok you have knowledge of your love language and you have knowledge of your loved one’s love language. Where do you go now? Yesterday the discussion was about how a person with a “comfortable” sense of self will have an … Continue reading

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“I Am What I Am and That’s All That I Am”

Oh boy, showing my age today… I remember as a kid watching tv and a cartoon character named Popeye.   Some of you may recall him.  He was a sailor who had extraordinarily large forearms.  He smoked a corncob pipe and … Continue reading

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Let’s Get Started

Dr. Chapman is wanting us to change. He wants us to learn our own love language preferences. One more time: find out your love language at  http://www.5lovelanguages.com/profile/. He wants us to learn to speak the love language of others, people … Continue reading

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It’s a Wonder…

Bypassing: according to Dr. Joseph DeVito, bypassing is a pattern of miscommunication that occurs when the speaker and listener miss each other with their meanings. Bypassing is caused by many things. Causes can be physical noise in the environment, the … Continue reading

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Everybody’s Different

Well maybe that is an overstatement but it is hard to find two people who are exactly alike. Yesterday I posted a quiz that dealt with male and female differences.  I promised I would give you a little interpretation of … Continue reading

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