Critical Keys for Good Relationships

Critical Keys for Good Relationships - Learn the basics for a happy and healthy relationship, including the importance of touch, attitude, listening, and intimacy.

Time together - Learn about the importance of spending time with your partner. Why it’s necessary to schedule time to enjoy things together. How traditions can help keep relationships together. Learn how to share the load everyday and be yourself.

Playing - Just because you’re an adult doesn’t mean that you stop playing. Spontaneity for adventures together or just cuddling and lightening up can be fun for couples.

Friends - Friendships sometimes suffer as a relationship grows. You partner may not like your friends and vice versa. Learn how best to deal with this problem.

Handling Problems - If you have a fully honest relationship, problems will arise. You can learn to handle those problems in ways that are best for both partners.

Giving - Learn how giving and taking affects your relationship and how handling this affects the health and happiness of the relationship.

Don’t Hold Back - A healthy relationship is dependent on honesty and full communications. Share your problems and your happiness. Learn to avoid keeping feeling locked up.

Show Your Love - An important but often overlooked aspect of relationships. Here is a list of ways to show your love to your partner.

Share With Care - How you share is just as important as what you share. Learn to avoiding measuring what you get related to what you give.

Respect - This is a critical topic because without respect a relationship can never be good. In spite of this, mutual respect is lacking in many intimate relationship.

The Joy of Travelling Alone

It has always been in our culture as Filipinos that traveling is always declared as a group activity. Most or shall I say, many of us would often go out of town together with friends or family members.

But, how many has actually traveled alone? I doubt if anyone will raise hands here.

Unknown to many, traveling solo has its perks too. It was through journeying alone that I was able to develop my skills in communicating with the strangers. I get to know a lot of people. I was able to appreciate local history more.

Traveling alone is a very liberating experience for me. Imagine, I don’t have to wait for friends at the airport for an extra minute before queuing at the check in counter. I dont have to worry extra budget in case my friends would ask to dine in an upscale restaurant, or take a taxi instead of the usual jeepney ride. I can go to any place that I want. What if my friends love to go to the park, while I want to visit a local museum? Hard, isn’t it? Traveling with friends always limit your choices of itinerary. Not to mention limiting the foods that your going to binge in. I love seafoods, but my friend is allergic to crustaceans. While my other friend is a vegetarian???

The pace of your traveling activity is not a problem when you are alone. You can set your pace if you want to tour quick, or walk slowly, just like in the park.

I myself love traveling alone. It gives me the freedom to explore a city without the need to tow friends who are not interested in what I’m doing. I really enjoyed my self so much when I traveled all alone last July 2006, from Manila to Baguio, Baguio to Vigan, and Vigan to Manila. December 2006, I saw my self flying alone to the Asia’s Latin City of Zamboanga, then swim at the white sand beaches of Basilan. I also traveled alone for the Dinagyang Festival 2006 in Iloilo City.

So if I were to choose between traveling with a group or traveling alone, I’d still prefer the latter. The adventures are limitless. Who knows what happens next.

by: erid001

the only one for me

I saw them in the light
Loving and holding each other tight
Everybody has someone in their heart
And here I am lonely from the start

I journey here and there
But I've never found him anywhere
The only One for me
who'll love only me...
I know there's someone out there for me
And there's Someone who really loves me as me
He just want me to be me
and wait for the only one for me...

by: frendofmine