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The goal with love is that you trust explicitly and implicitly. Because we love, we open our hearts and pledge to be honest. The other side of that equation, of course, is that we trust. In a perfect world, this works perfectly.
Today’s dare is to take your previously made list of negative attributes about your spouse and discreetly burn it. Then share with your spouse how glad you are about a success he or she recently enjoyed.
The book describes two forms of jealousy: legitimate and illegitimate. The former happens when the person you love turns to another. Obviously, this is justifiable because one longs to have back what is rightfully his. The latter is based on selfishness. You want what someone else has, so you’re jealous.
I don’t know about everyone else, but my natural inclination is to not be jealous. That got a bit tainted when my ex-husband cheated on me and I started to second-guess EVERYTHING. It’s challenging to not act from that place now when new situations present themselves, so I have to breathe and think positive thoughts—and remember that love is not jealous.