77379 Lasting passion for the years to come

Do Volunteer Work together:

As a couple it is important to serve and give of your time to others and those who are in need. Volunteering is a way to serve those around you other than yourselves. It is so important that service is incorporated into a marriage. When we spend our time focusing on our own needs, a couple can forget the importance of selfless love and developing this key attribute. There are many ways to serve, and by doing it together your own relationship and love will flourish. Ultimately, you will be able to develop lasting passion for all the years to come. 

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Here is a list of potential areas to get yourselves active in volunteering:

http://www.volunteermatch.org/search?l=Spring,%20TX,%20USA

http://greatnonprofits.org/city/spring/TX

http://www.pciranch.org/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities

http://www.lonestar.edu/15678.htm

If you ever feel stagnant in your relationship one of the easiest fixes is to find something else that the two of you can share. There are many great ideas that you can come up with to do together, but make sure that service is one of them. This is the kind of thing that doesn't cost a ton of money and it also doesn't need to fit into a rigid schedule. Spending a few hours a month picking up trash from your local park or helping out at a shelter might not be the most glamorous date, but it is definitely a great way to feel good about yourself and each other. As you are both helping out you can have another attribute in common, which is, putting time into something that is important to both of you. Try a few different volunteer activities, shop around, and only go back to the ones that you both really enjoy. These are easy, fun, and fast ways that allow your marriage to find new meaning. 

You both want to feel good about what you are doing individually and collectively. But this also means that you take that time to feel good about yourself too. In this article it states that some days might be better than others and on those days that don't go well we often become too hard on ourselves. Here are 10 tools to help avoid that trap! 

1. Keep going - Don't let life's changes throw your off track, remember that extenuating circumstances are temporary. Clarity = Positive direction
2. Trust yourself - Give yourself a little time and have patience. 
3. Be friends with life - Focus on other opportunities or direction that can give you perspective.
4. Watch your thoughts - Learn to dismiss negative thoughts and stay open to other ideas that help to move you in a positive direction. Recognize negative thoughts and use your mind to conquer them.
5. Summon the strength you have inside - Direct your strengths to the highest good. Believe that your strength can help you deal with anything. Remember you have survived worse.
6. Learn to love yourself - Change how you feel about yourself and create a strategy, make yourself into the person you want to be. Stop doing things that hurt.
7. Don't want too much - Wanting something too much can be painful and expensive, don't live beyond your means or covet the unattainable - seek your desire but keep your integrity.
8. Don't get insulted - Human's will bump heads, but consider the source, and if it is the other person's issue, ignore it. Learn to respond instead of react, and don't show your ire.
9. Recognize that disappointment is apart of life - even successful people deal with disappointment. Learn how to use it to get to the next level of life. The trick is to process your feelings, then take action.
10. Deal with your fears - overcoming fear makes you stronger.  

Giving to others and developing this together as a couple 

will create lasting passion for all the years to come!