David Lawrence Preston

Tag: Love

  • The Seventh Principle of Relationships: Acceptance

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    ‘The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.’ Thomas Merton The Seventh Principle of Relationships is: Accept others as they are, not just as you want them to…

  • The Real Secret

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    The Law of Attraction The Law of Attraction is simply stated as ‘whatever we focus our minds upon we attract into our lives.’ It has become popular – dare I say fashionable – as a result of a best-selling book, CD set and DVD called ‘The Secret’. But it’s nothing new. King Solomon, the Buddha…

  • All You Need Is Love – Or Is It?

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    Giving and receiving love is a basic human need, but do we really understand what love is? The word is bandied about, often loosely. But it’s the ultimate ‘feel good’ emotion, from which all the others flow. All human emotions ultimately boil down love and fear Think about it: Why do you get angry? Because…

  • Parenting – the most important job

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    Raising children is the most important job we take on, but most of us are ill prepared for this important role. There are no college courses and no degrees in parenting, it’s a trial and error process, so what can we do to ensure that we are bringing up our children to be the happiest,…

  • Intimate relationships

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    Intimate relationships Most people cherish a close, loving relationship with another person. You may think these ‘just happen’, when you meet the right person, but this is rare. Intimate relationships have to be worked at. Why? because they’re a minefield! There’s so much that can go wrong, and when they do it’s not just the…

  • The Essence of Spirituality

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    It’s often said that we are not human beings having spiritual experiences, but spiritual beings having human experiences. This is a life-changing idea; once we grasp it, nothing ever seems the same again. Spirituality has little to organised religion, although followers of organised religion usually think it does. It is not about adopting a structured…