Number Twenty Two

Rule #22

In order to have respect in a relationship, you in turn must respect your partner.
How will you do this?
Understand the boundaries set forth that will help define your identity.  Relationships have a way of making us lose our identities...its hard to Earn respect when we lose sight of who we are.  There is a difference between infatuation versus Esteem.  Infatuation is fleeting and transient, Esteem has a standard.  Infatuation rhymes with satisfaction.  Esteem has concerns for and draped curiosities of.  Both come with passion...its just that one is more obsessive and the other has regard and accountability.  Infatuation has Rage.  Esteem has honor.  Both have fondness...with esteem comes a wondrous enthusiasm with unbiased affection and devotion.  Both will boast a fanciful appetite, yet only one relishes beyond adoration and holds acclamation.  Understand the difference since...
     Having your own identity means there will be a certain aptitude of privacy that stays unshared...remains unadulterated...is kept true to its heart.  By remaining true, your partner can have a better understanding and appreciation of Who you are.  At this point, be yourself and spend quality time with each other...not necessarily spend every moment together...under those conditions, you may not be able to maintain your own true identity.  After all it should be your true identity that your partner should be drawn too...

Rule #4Four4

Absence makes the heart grow Fonder
There is something to be said about that, if you don't see each other for a while, that you miss each other.  This, in turn can help the two2-2two of you grow closer together


Nittany
P.S.  When a Team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, Excellence becomes a reality!

-Joe Paterno