The more we are, the richer everything we experience is. And those who want to have deep love in their lives must collect and save for it, and gather honey -Rainer Maria Rilke Please disregard the schmoopy title. This self help book is actually good and it will help you find love. Not because it teaches you a bunch of silly rules or how to change yourself into what men want. No, this book focuses on self improvement for the sake of self improvement. It helps […]
Learning the Language of Love
Words of Affirmation Quality Time Receiving Gifts Acts of Service Physical Touch There you go, the entire book in a nutshell. You’re welcome. But I should probably go into more detail. One day at my gym, a spontaneous conversation erupted about love languages. As each person chimed in to say which “love language” they were, it made me wonder what I was missing. What are these mysterious love languages? Why don’t I know my love languages? I also couldn’t resist the allure of labeling my […]
Time to Get Happy
I have been reading a lot of books lately about clearing out the clutter of one’s home (and mind), for an easier life. A friend suggested I might want to check out The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin, so I gave it a try. I can’t say that there was anything new or startling in its pages, but it was a quick, mostly […]
Come for the kitty. Then Leave.
Target: David Michie