{"id":72,"date":"2016-08-20T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/?p=72"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:53:30","slug":"maintaining-happy-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowinglove.com\/relationships\/topics-issues\/maintaining-happy-appreciation","title":{"rendered":"Appreciation, Happy Marriages In Congruent Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reflection is a&nbsp;required state of awareness for realizing a harmonious relationship<\/strong>. A significant manner to maintain a happy marriage is to be content through appreciation.&nbsp;Maintaining <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/save-marriages\/28\/love-communications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">appreciative attitudes<\/a>&nbsp;for your spouse and your relationship begins by cognizant observation. Deliberate rumination will&nbsp;render illumination. In ascertaining what you do have obscurity is resolved,&nbsp;thereby releasing&nbsp;provision for&nbsp;appreciation. Appreciation brings transformation.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/saving-marriages\/73\/blaming-spouse-accusing-excusing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Misconceptions<\/a> are often obtained through parental and\/or cultural teachings.&nbsp;Children are often taught that more is better and that teaching continues&nbsp;throughout their&nbsp;adolescence years. They learn to gain acquisitions for themselves, to want, and to&nbsp;whine when they don&#8217;t get their way. Their early&nbsp;foundations have spoiled them, teaching&nbsp;them selfishness, dissatisfaction, and ingratitude. It can be difficult to strip away improper foundational teachings, but it is necessary to&nbsp;obtain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/healthy-relationships-guide\/3\/successful-loving-relationships\/\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perceptual experience is the representation of what is perceived. Sometimes a good dose of changeology is necessary for maintaining a contented relationship. It is often poor <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/communicating\/57\/happiness-thinking-behaviors\/\" rel=\"noopener\">thought patterns<\/a> and thinking mannerisms that display ingratitude&nbsp;by way of&nbsp;self-interest. One can not outwardly reflect if they are inwardly absorbed. Those who lack contentment will never have enough.<\/p>\n<p>Maintaining a happy relationship begins with a couples appreciation of each other. It&#8217;s not always what your <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/saving-marriages\/41\/fixing-husband-wife-spouse\/\" rel=\"noopener\">spouse does not do<\/a>, it&#8217;s your ability to perceive their loving intentions with gratitude. Many people are so focused on what they don&#8217;t get that they are oblivious to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/romantic-romance\/77\/attention-affection-passion\/\" rel=\"noopener\">prominence of love<\/a> standing right before them. Selfishness does not find contentment and thus true happiness can never be achieved. Some people are just so self-centered that they&nbsp;may never be able to savor&nbsp;loves experience. Do you remember when your parents told you to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/topics-issues\/117\/share-caring-sharing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">share<\/a> when you were young?<\/p>\n<p>Couples become to easily accustomed with one another. They&nbsp;loose appreciation by way of familiarity, and&nbsp;then&nbsp;they <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/saving-marriages\/75\/fun-couples-kissing-games\/\" rel=\"noopener\">take each other for granted<\/a>. The key to contentment is to appreciate what you have.&nbsp;In order to appreciate&nbsp;you need to look more intently for what there is to be appreciated.&nbsp;Initiate a more conscious level of awareness and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/holiday-love\/92\/happy-thanksgiving-day-ideas\/\" rel=\"noopener\">learn to appreciate<\/a> the loving characteristics of your spouse. Be more attentive by&nbsp;taking the time to contemplate all the things you&nbsp;can think of &nbsp;that you can&nbsp;appreciate about your spouse.&nbsp;Make a list of those things so that you are more aware of their true magnitude. Make the&nbsp;necessary adjustments to&nbsp;recognize what there is to be appreciated, and feel the feelings that go along with that appreciation. Then act with specific intent to express your appreciation to them.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flowinglove.com\/relationships\/index.php\/communicating\/45\/communication-connecting-feelings\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Speech gratitude<\/a> is&nbsp;nice, but the words &quot;thank you&quot;&nbsp;are only words if they are not supported by reasonable actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection is a&nbsp;required state of awareness for realizing a harmonious relationship. 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