Partnership Essentials 4: Gratitude

Gratitude is the fourth relationship essential taught by Mr. Jones. Often resentment and self-pity as well as poor perspectives clash with our appreciation of one another. With resentment, we find the positive of our partner's eclipsed by negative feelings, including doubting their sincerity as well as feelings toward us. With self-pity, we zero in on how we deserve better. The action usually causes many of us to check out, think of others, or preoccupy ourselves with other tasks to avoid the misery within our relationships. When resentment and self-pity are combined with holding on to a record of wrong, we are often in trouble and feel stuck. Fortunately, there is a way to avoid these pitfalls as well as reverse them if they are occurring. The Gratitude Essential is a key method to help break these habits. It works by both causing us to focus more on the positive that already exists as well as take concrete steps to solidify positivity within our love life. In essence, we learn to remember why we should like each other. It is a fact, if we practice liking each other, it becomes harder to fight with and resent one another. This program is part journal and part self-coaching in order to unearth skills that you once naturally possessed but lost along the way.