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Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small gestures, and small acts.
Make dedicated, nonnegotiable time for each other a priority, and never stop being curious about your partner.
Decades of research show that the great relationships—the masters—are built on respect, empathy, and a profound understanding of each other.
Differences are the norm. Ultimately, your differences can enrich the relationship if you can understand and accept them.
One of the great gifts of relationship and marriage—and there are many—is the ability to see the world through the eyes of another person, intimately, deeply, profoundly, in a way we’re almost never able to do with another human being. If you approach the mystery that is your partner with curiosity, your relationship and your life will be immeasurably enriched.
A big source of trouble is the misconception that our problems are all solvable.