Love Is All

Tesla, Love Song

Led Zeppelin O2 Encore - Whole lotta love

Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

Cream - Sunshine of your Love

What is the Difference Between Love and Attraction?

I've personally been in a lot of relationships and after a number of years, it's easy to look back and realize that what one initially thought was love was nothing more than a strong attraction along with a dose of comfort and familiarity with another purpose. After experiencing a truly loving relationship, I can now clearly differentiate between true love and mere attraction. What is the difference? In his article, I will demonstrate a few key points that illustrate the difference:

Love is acceptance of who you are as an individual; attraction without love desires your lover to live up to all your expectations.

Love is being flexible if your lover forgets to wash the dishes or sleeps in late; attraction without love blames and criticizes when the other person doesn't do what you expect or want.

Love is about being ok with going home early if your lover is tired- there is always another day; attraction without love creates a scene when it's needs are not being met.

Love is about quitting, or trying to quit smoking if it deeply bothers your lover and hurts your health; attraction without love seeks to show its independence and prove that it "cannot be controlled".

Love does not keep a scorecard and does not hold grudges; attraction without love is vindictive, critical, and competitive.

Love is not rigid, it is flexible and formless; attraction without love is strict, defined, and black and white.

Slave to Love

A Love Ballad

The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl

Queen Love of My Life

'Show me love' by Robyn

Wedding Rings - Some Love Them, Others Don't

Everyone has probably put some thought into weddings and marriage at some point in time. Do I want to get married? What would I want my ideal wedding ceremony to look like? Obviously, no two ideas on what constitutes a "perfect" wedding and marriage are going to be the same, and each couple has to spend time thinking about what they both want and will work best for them.

Some couples want a big fancy affair complete with a tiara for the bride, trumpets blaring a diamond the size of a grapefruit, while others are perfectly content to exchange vows in a garden with just a few friends and perhaps: no wedding rings? This may shock people with a more traditional mindset as to what goes on during a wedding ceremony, but some couples just do not want to wear rings. The following will look at both sides of the coin.

Rings: Love Them

Rings have been a part of wedding and marriage symbolism thousands of years. Their tradition is well known and beloved by many, and there are couples who simply cannot imagine having a wedding ceremony without rings. Rings are circular and never ending, thus representing the bonds and vows of marriage.

Not only is there the historical symbolism; couples like to be able to look down and see a daily reminder that they are a part of a union, a family. Wearing wedding rings also sends a message to the public, those who may not know you, about your relationship status and availability. Not that there should be a reason for one person not to approach another, many respect the ring on one's finger and will not attempt any pick up lines.

For brides to be, specifically, receiving an engagement ring can be a special occasion. She can be fawned over and her ring ogled by friends and family, and she can look forward to knowing that she will soon be adding another ring to compliment her engagement ring as well as her husband's wedding band. For men, a wedding band may be the only piece of jewelry that he regularly wears, making it all the more special.

Rings: Leave Them

Have you ever met an anti-bride? Not the type who never wants to get married, but the kind who wants to turn away from all form of traditional marriage and do her own thing. Maybe she wants to get a new tattoo to demonstrate the commitment she is making, or perhaps she hates jewelry and has no notions of ever wearing any.

Some grooms-to-be loathe the idea of jewelry as well, or they might work in occupations where wearing a ring would get in the way or be dangerous, no matter how simple the design. Some couples simply do not want to do things according to tradition. They may not need a ring on their finger to be reminded of their love for one another, and do not care what other people think about the status symbol that rings sometimes tend to be.

No matter which type of person you are, ring or no ring, a decision like this is something that should be talked about in great detail with your partner, engaged or not. You could be a woman hoping for a beautiful engagement ring, but if you are in love with an anti-jewelry man who has no clue how you feel, you may be staring at an empty ring finger for years. The beauty of a solid relationship is that you should easily be able to come to some sort of compromise.

Nada Surf - Always Love

DS Card - Why You'll Love the DS Fire Card

Have you been searching for the best storage device available for your DS games? Then you can rest assured that with the DS Card, you've found the best one. There are many storage devices available that promise many different things, but how many actually deliver on those promises? The DS Card won't disappoint you, considering all of the advantages and features it has. You're guaranteed to be completely satisfied if you invest in this product.

You might have heard stories from friends of yours or know from personal experience how frustrating and inconvenient it can be to rely on an external memory system like FlashMe or PassMe to be able to play your games. Thankfully, you won't have to deal with this issue with the DS Card. You'll only need the DS Fire Link along with it solely for the purpose of downloading and transferring your games. Once that's done, you won't need the Fire Link with you unless you want to store more games. All you'll have to do is insert your card for the chance to enjoy all your favorite DS games.

The DS Card also presents you with several options as far as storage capacity. You can buy a smaller size if you only plan on storing a couple of games. You can get a larger size if you would rather download your whole DS library. With the 16Gbit version, you'll have enough space to do this, along with more room for additional games, making this the most popular version of the card. Even if you don't want to store all your games, at least having the option to do so is a good idea in case you change your mind.

If you like having a simple, straightforward way to find the games you're looking for, then the DS Card has the perfect interface for you. With the user-friendly touch menu, you'll be able to sort through your games quickly to find the one you feel like playing. Other devices, like the DSTT, make it more difficult for you to get to the game you want by not allowing you to sort your games alphabetically and by not having a simple folder browser available.

With the DS Card, you're getting the ease and convenience you want, along with great features, such as the ability to download skins. Functionality and fun are both included with this storage device. With all of this in mind, why search any longer for the best one? You've found it in the DS Card.

Can't help falling in love- UB40

Mystery Jets - Young Love

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

Love, Think and Eat Your Way to the PMP Exam

The PMP exam is not your average high school examination where you can cram like crazy, feign failure of physical fitness on the day of the exam, and cross your fingers your teacher will swallow your Oscar-worthy performance hook, line and sinker. In short order, you have to prepare most rigorously for the PMP exam.

After all, passing this Professional Management Institute-administered examination is not just one more gem in your crown of achievements. You can cash in on your credentials with juicier job opportunities, for one thing. However, age, health, and lifestyle demands can get in the way of preparation and concentration. You need these brain boosters to get your brain power back on track while you enjoy doing them.

Love, Love, Love

Literally, that is. When you feel like slacking off on your review, you should make love to your wife or girlfriend. You have to be warned though: great monogamous sex is still the best mood booster.

And when you mood is better, you feel better, you concentrate better, you memorize better and you understand better. Now, if only you will not fall asleep after all that horizontal ballroom dancing because your PMP exam review materials are waiting for you to caress them, too.

Also, you can love your body by doing simple exercises in between reading and answering your review materials. When you exercise, you improve blood circulation throughout your body, thereby increasing blood flow to your brain. You can just stand up, touch your toes, and do jumping jacks for a few minutes to get your brain juices flowing again.

Furthermore, a hug, a kiss, a few encouraging words to family members and friends to show you care for them is good for your exam preparation. You have to tap into your support system to ensure that you keep your sanity in the midst of it all.

Think, Think, Think

But not negative thoughts. You have to stay positive for most of the times you are preparing for the PMP exam. Remember that what we think, we become. The key is in controlling your thoughts towards the things you desire, visualizing those things clearly in your mind and taking inspired action towards the attainment of your goals.

To achieve a positive state of mind, you have to surround yourself with positive people. You should be around family and friends who will make you laugh and relax, think positive thoughts, share the same interests and understand your PMP exam preparation for what it is - very important to your career but secondary to your personal life.

That being said, you need to avoid people who do nothing but complain about the unfairness of life. You can get depressed and discouraged just listening to them whine.

Eat, Eat, Eat

Just don't overdo it. You have to eat to keep up your energy. However, don't eat everything in sight and take the book-under-the-pillow to extremes by turning it into a PMBOK-eating exercise.

Keep these tips in mind when choosing what foods to eat:
1) keep unhealthy fats off your plate;
2) go for dark-colored fruits and vegetables especially spinach and broccoli;
3) eat plenty of fish like salmon, mackerel, tuna and sardines; and
4) chow down on whole grains like brown rice and whole-wheat pasta.

When you have enough love from your family and friends, have positive thoughts and have eaten healthy, you can be sure to ace your PMP exam. Now, buckle down and achieve another feather to your cap!

How to Lose Love Handles With Smart Aerobic Exercise

If you want to know how to lose love handles, you only need to practice a smart combination of diet, portion control, aerobic exercise, and toning exercise to get results. In this article, you will learn about aerobic exercises. You have got to burn that fat, baby! Smart exercise is just the ticket to do it.

The only reason that you have love handles now is that, sometime in the past, you consistently ate more calories than your body was able to use. So your body stored those extra calories in your fat cells for future use. Guess what? The future is now!

So to get rid of your love handles, you need some cardiovascular (aerobic exercise). This exercise gets you breathing deeply and your heart pumping. The good news is that you don't need to kill yourself. You want to exercise hard enough so that you can still talk, just not sing.

Good aerobic exercises are brisk walking, jogging, biking, steppers, elliptical machines, and the best fat burning exercise of all, jump roping. Did you know that if you weigh 150 pounds, you can burn nearly 700 calories per hour jump roping? Incredible. And if you weigh more than that, you would burn more calories than that.

Now few of us can jump rope for an hour. And I would not recommend it if you are in poor shape, have prior health conditions, such as back or knee problems. But if you are already exercising regularly and have no health problems, then you might want to give jump roping a try.

To lose significant fat fast, which is what love handles are made of, then you need to do 45 minutes to 1 hour at least 5 days a week. The good news is that you don't need to do your 45 minutes to 1 hour at once. In fact, I recommend that you break it up into two sessions if you can. Do 20-30 minutes in the morning and 20-30 minutes in the evening.

That way, you fire up your fat burning furnace twice during the day instead of just once. Also, for extra help to get rid of love handles, then include more movement to your day in general.

* Park further away when you go to the store so you can walk a little extra. Don't go for a Sunday stroll. Turn and burn like you are in the Indy 500!
* Take the stairs instead of the elevator. If you are in a tall building and can't climb the entire way, then just get off a couple of floors early and walk the rest
* Walk around when you are talking on the phone at home
* March in place and pump your arms during television commercials
* Play with your kids - catch a ball, throw a Frisbee, challenge them to a water gun battle. Have fun!

The more smart aerobic exercise you add to your life, then faster you will lose your love handles and reveal some incredible abs.

Self-Love is Not Narcissism!

Not only is self-love not narcissism; unfortunately, narcissists do not know how to begin to love themselves! Keep reading to discover the difference and to learn why self-love is vitally important today.

I have heard people describe narcissists as persons who love themselves - or love themselves too much! Because I was blessed to be taught self-love, I bristle every time I hear that description.

At MayoClinic.com, we find the following definition of narcissistic personality disorder: "Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. They believe that they are superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism."

A true narcissist considers himself to be of greater value than others, believing he is entitled to the best of everything. Narcissistic personality disorder should not be confused with healthy self-esteem. Although truly confident people are in touch with their gifts and talents, they do not consider themselves superior.

If self-love is not narcissism, what is it? Self-love is the ability to extend kindness and compassion to your self. It is the ability to extend kindness and compassion that is sometimes nurturing and other times confrontational. It is your ability to be honest with you about motives, intentions, choices, behavior, and words. Further, it is your ability to be honest without hurting you over it! I like the way Joseph sums it up; self-love is the willingness to embrace all that we are. The way I sum it up is that self-love is when you give yourself the kind of love, affirmation, and boundaries that you wish your parents had been able to give you.

Many of us were taught as children to forget ourselves in deference to those around us. Some were encouraged to be selfless as a morally right way to be. Others were encouraged to put themselves last because the adults around them were emotionally needy. Surrounded by genuine need, some learned to set their own needs and desires aside.

Of course, selflessness is a good trait. There are problems in the world that would go unsolved without it. The problem for individuals arises when after an extended time of giving selflessly to others; our inner wells of love begin to run dry. When selflessness is part of a dysfunctional relationship, the insecurity driving it undermines other aspects of our outpouring love, causing self-hate to fill that inner well of love.

When we attempt to pour out love and caring without having nurtured love for ourselves, resentment invariably comes to the surface, sabotaging our efforts to love others. Those who have come to depend on our ability to fill them up with love, become frightened and needy when our selflessness begins to dry up. We create a cycle where manipulation and resentment take the place of love and generosity even as we attempt to extend love and generosity.

The answer to this conundrum is simple but challenging! Practicing the discipline of self-love will turn it all around, slowly but surely. Not only will you get your love and generosity back. Practicing the discipline of self-love will teach you to set boundaries with those who pull on you inappropriately, which is a greater act of love toward others.

The practice of self-love brings us back to facing that old nemesis, Narcissus! Do you remember how Narcissus gazed at his own reflection in still water? Well, a good place to begin the practice of self-love is by looking at your own reflection in a mirror and saying to yourself, "I love you," over and over. Repeating it the way you might soothe a child with the words.

Does He Still Love Me After the Affair?

Since I often write about cheating and affairs within a marriage, women will often approach me and ask something like "how can I be sure or know that my husband really still loves me after an affair," or "he says he still loves me even after the affair, and I really want to believe him, but I just can't." These women often believe that, had their husbands not been caught, the affair would've continued, and the husbands are only professing their love now because they have no other choice. They want to know how in the world a person can love their wives and yet cheat on them at the same time. The answer to these questions is a bit complex, but in this article, I hope to show you that it is actually possible for husbands to have an affair and still cheat on their wives because very often, the affair has less to do with you or the marriage's shortcomings and more to do with his personal ones.

First, Understanding Why Married Men Cheat: Women whose husbands had an affair will often assume the worst and immediately put the blame on their own shoulders. They will fear that they did something wrong, didn't keep their husbands happy at home, or have "let themselves go." These things often are not as true as you might think. While all of these things can brew the perfect set of circumstances that can make an affair more likely, the real reason men cheat is because they feel bad about themselves. In other words, something within them is lacking. They often cheat to boost their self esteem, to make themselves feel alive, young, or powerful again. They are seeking "something more" in their life and they make the grave mistake of not communicating this to their wives, who, more often than not, would be receptive to these requests rather than seeing their marriage in the real trouble it's in now.

Understand That They Often Don't Think Anyone Will Get Hurt: Understand that often, as wrong as they are, men see an affair as a way to take care of their needs without having to hurt their wives. They often don't think you will find out and therefore won't be hurt. They can actually still love you you and the marriage, but they are often able to compartmentalize and they see the two things as completely separate from one another.

Things That Can Show You That Your Husband Still Loves You Even After The Affair: Often, when I am speaking with wives who have a hard time believing their husbands still love them after the cheating, I point out several signs that prove he does.

A husband who still loves his wife will take full responsibility for the affair and his decision to partake in it. He is willing to provide all of the details to ensure his wife that the affair is over. If this requires his switching jobs or making other sacrifices, he is willing to do that.

He is willing to do the work that will improve communication, trust, and intimacy with his wife to ensure that the marriage can be saved. He is willing to have patience as you try to process all of this and he provides you will the affection and reassurance that you need, but he doesn't push if you are not ready to be intimate again.

Finally, he's willing to provide accountability. He's patient when you want to know where he is. He knows that your healing may take a while and he's willing to help you through it.

Now, if your husband isn't doing all of these things, that doesn't mean that he doesn't love you. Sometimes, these things aren't intuitive to men and often, they just don't want to revisit the affair that much because they think that brushing it under the table will help you move past it since you aren't talking about it all of the time. Feel free to show your husband this article (or tell him the points in it) if you think it will help him to help you heal.

Can Love Really Return In Your Marriage After An Affair?: I know that it may hard to believe this right now, but your marriage can absolutely survive an affair. (My marriage is actually better now than it ever was.) What is required though is that you openly and honestly communicate with your husband so that you get what you need to heal. You both need to understand why the affair happened and take action and do the necessary work to ensure that it doesn't happen again. Use the affair as a wake up call, not a death sentence. Because it can (although brutally) show you exactly what you need to change so that both of you are happy and fulfilled.

Can You Hypnotize a Man to Love You? The Surprising Answer

Is it possible for a woman to hypnotize a man to love her? As women we often want to find a way to magically make the man we adore feel the same way about us. Hypnotism seems like something saved for stage shows or those who want to lose weight or quit smoking. The truth is that there are a few things that you can do that will subtly hypnotize your man and make him more open to an emotional connection with you.

Men love eye contact. If you are with a man and you feel strongly about him, keep your eyes focused on his as much as possible without it becoming uncomfortable for him. This simple move draws a man in and makes him feel helpless to your charms. If you aren't skilled in how to hypnotize a man, doing just this one thing can really change the dynamic of a relationship. Most men don't expect it and secretly long for a woman who does it.

Another way you can subtly hypnotize a man is to become a reflection of him. This is easy and all it involves is simply copying everything he is doing. If you two are out for dinner and he reaches for his drink, do the same. Allow the drink to linger at your lips as long as he does. If he clasps his hands together, do the same. Most men will never consciously notice you doing this but it does draw them in. He'll feel more comfortable and open with you. You'll feel the difference in his demeanor right away.

How to Get Back Together With Your Love - Breaking the Barriers

When you want to know how to get back together with your love, there is a good chance that you have recently gone through a breakup. When you think about people getting back together after a breakup, you might be thinking about relationships where the breakup was mutual on both sides, and where both parties realize that an enormous mistake has been made. The truth of the matter is that there are many different ways that a relationship can recover from the worst, and if you want to repair the relationship, you will find that while you are looking at an uphill climb, it is by no means impossible!

The first thing that you need to know is that there are many reasons why couples break up, and that you need to figure out what happened. Was it something that you did, or something that your lover did that was so difficult to deal with? Was there an outside influence, and were your fights actually focused on what the problem was, or just on its symptoms? A clear knowledge of what happened is essential when you want to get back together with your ex.

When you are thinking about how to get back together with your love, you first thought might be that you want to discuss it with everyone in the world; resist this urge! Gossip, even when it is not malicious, has a way of mutating, and if you find that if news of your wish to reconcile gets back to your lover before you yourself can do so, you may be at a disadvantage. Be careful who you talk to, and when you do, be complimentary about your ex.

Another thing that you need to keep in mind when you are trying to restart an old relationship is that you need to get their attention. One great way to do this is to send an email or a voice mail saying thank you. Because everyone after all, loves to be thanked, you will find that this puts them in a position where they want to call you. When they respond, be frank, but use this as a good way to remind them of all the good times that you have had together.

Make sure that when you are trying to get back together with your ex that you are honest. This is not a time for lies or even white lies, if you want to get back together and make sure that your relationship is actually stronger. There are people who will lie and fib their way back into a relationship, but if you do that, you are just heading for the same breakup. Make sure that when you and your love get back together that you are stronger than ever!

The Flaw of Love by Lauren Grodstein

The flaw of love is the debut novel of an American author named Lauren Grodstein. The novel focuses on human relationships with an amazing touch of irony and wit to it. The story circles around the protagonist, Joel Miller's introspection into his relationships with all the people in his life.

Joel is in the biggest quandary of his life - whether or not he wants to become a father. The girl in his life, Lisa is doing a pregnancy test and Joel realizes that the results could be anything. Waiting for the results of the test, Joel goes back into time analyzing his relationships with his parents, his best friend and the girl he loved the most, Blair. As his future is being decided behind a closed door, his thoughts are wandering in the past. He had a very tumultuous childhood as he saw a failed marriage of his parents. His father was one of the most complex yet nice person he had ever known and his mother a very unpredictable and eccentric lady. The relationship they shared not only affected his childhood but also scarred his entire life. He thinks about Blair, the girl he loved most dearly but could not hold on to because she was not the person looking for a commitment.

All these relationships had a marked effect on Joel's life and also made him a person who is skeptical of commitment. This is the problem that gets him back to the present as he waited for Lisa to take the test and get some finality to his life. The manner in which Joel explores all these relationships is ironic, acerbic and also marked with a keen sense of observation.

Do You Love Yourself 100 Percent?

The keyword here is of course the "100 percent". Surprisingly or not surprisingly, most of us do not love our own selves that much.

Over the years I have come across messages relating to loving yourself and all that. But, it really bought home for me this very question when I finished reading a book by Gay Hendricks. It is titled Learning To Love Yourself. Gay is a professor in counseling psychology and a world renowned author, as I come to know.

Back to the question. Why 100 percent is so important, you might ask. Allow me to share my way of understanding it. I am using "we" to mean each and every one of us (including myself of course) to make the points clearer.

We are carrying an invisible bag of rubbish, the "stuff" that we don't like, don't want to talk about, or even think about. It all relates to past experiences back to even our childhood days. It contains anger, hatred, guilt, argument, reprimand, shame, discontent, distrust, malice, and all those bad things. The problem is that this bag of stuff is getting bigger and bigger, and one day it will haunt us big time.

We need to learn to love ourselves live. By first accepting, and then loving the way we are is the only way to liberate ourselves and to give us the peace inside and out. We have to deal with each of these hidden feelings or stuff one by one. Don't suppress it as we usually do. Recognize it, bring it to the open, experience it in your mind, feel it, and accept it, and love yourself even with it. It is kind of like shaking hands with these stuff, and letting go. Bottom-line, we love ourselves as a whole. It is a wholesome love, not selective love. I tried it and I could feel the relief almost immediately.

Everything happens for a reason. The things we encounter, good or bad, all help to mold us. It is part of our growing up. It completes us. Bad things might not be so bad after all if we learn and become wiser.

How to Lose Love Handles With Smart Abdominal Toning

To lose love handles, it is essential to have a program that combines smart diet, portion control, aerobic exercise, and abdominal toning exercise. While many people focus on abdominal exercise to lose love handles, it's actually the least important component. If you don't get rid of the fat covering your abdominal muscles, then you can do toning exercises until doomsday and you will never see them.

So with smart eating and cardiovascular exercise you will get rid of the excess fat, and then your strength and toning exercises will be the final piece of the puzzle.

As part of your toning program, you want to tone up your upper abs, the lower abs, and the sides of your abdominals, which are your obliques. To balance everything out, you also want to tone the muscles of your lower back.

The following are four effective exercises to help you tone your abs:

Upper Abdominals Crunches

1. Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head.
2. Raise your head and shoulders off of the floor, keeping your lower back in contact with the floor. Keep your elbows back and neck straight as you lift your upper body. Feel the tension in the stomach muscles. Hold for 3 seconds.
3. Lower your shoulders slowly, and repeat.

Lower Abdominals Crunches

1. Lie on your back with your legs bent and your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head, fingers touching but not locked.
2. Raise your knees up to your stomach, keeping your legs together, and your lower back in contact with the floor.
3. Return your legs back to the starting position with your feet on the floor. Repeat.

Twisting Crunches

1. Lie on your back with your legs bent and your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands behind your head, fingers touching, but not locked.
2. Carefully lift your head up and place your hands behind your head without locking your fingers together.
3. Twist to the left, at the same time bringing your right elbow up to touch your left knee. Remember to keep your lower back in contact with the floor at all times.
4. Twist to the right, at the same time bringing your left elbow up to touch your right knee.

The Swim

1. Lie on your stomach with your legs straight and your arms stretched out in front of you. Pull your stomach in as if you are trying to pull your belly button to your spine.
2. Lift your left arm and your right leg off the floor, keeping your right arm and left leg on the floor. Lower your arm and leg back to the floor.
3. Now lift your right arm and your left leg off the floor, keeping your left arm and right leg on the floor. Lower your arm and leg back to the floor.
4. Speed up the pace and you imagine that you are swimming.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that most people complete eight to 12 repetitions of each exercise for maximum results. A repetition is completing the exercise described once in a controlled manner.

After you complete the recommended number of repetitions, rest for a minute or two, and then perform another set. You may perform up to three sets of each exercise. As you perform each exercise, imagine pulling your belly button in towards the floor. This will ensure that you get the most out of every repetition.

Loose Love Handles - 2 Golden Rules to Decimate Your Flabs!

Loose love handles are stubborn and flabby. With age, it gets harder and harder to decimate the folds that keep coming back. Discover 2 golden rules here to effective get rid of those loose love handles successfully.

There are myriads of loose love handles remedies on the internet that professes amazing results through minimal efforts. "Drink 1 cap of this potion and you'll be transformed." "A cup of tea is all you need." Seriously, will drinking a miracle cure really get rid of your loose love handles and get you lean muscle tone? If you don't believe in magic potions you should read on. I'll explain the golden rules that work in this world of reality.

Golden Rule #1

Exercise! Without exercise, your loose love handles will never develop any sort of muscle tone or shape. A strategic workout with multi-joint exercise and high intensity full body workout is one of the most intelligent ways to workout. You'll enjoy a cardio metabolic boosting effect on your body while toning up your dormant muscles to get rid of your loose love handles.

Golden Rule #2

Diet! Common sense would tell you that if you eat oily fast foods and sweet junk foods, you will have an easy time putting on loose love handles. Now, if you control what you eat with a balanced diet you are definitely on the path to a great looking body. Don't succumb to starving because you will just put on more weight (especially at your loose love handles) as your body will adjust itself to absorb more fat in the long run. Fad diets don't work!

The key to getting rid of your loose love handles is now in your hands. If you exercise and diet consistently, you really can't go wrong. Stop spoiling your body with instant cures that synthetically mess with your hormonal system. They are just plain unhealthy. Ab contraptions and gimmicks are also useless too. Trust me, I've tried them.

Another Test of Love - Would You Still Love Her ?

After been married to Mark for thirty- seven years, Hellen's terrible past caught up with her. She could no longer hide her secrets of the past from her husband because her sins had already found her out. Below is her confession.

"I was fourteen when it happened. My parents were devastated and so ashamed of me. Their main concern was that no one find out about the pregnancy, so they sent me to live with my aunt Clara for six months. The baby was a girl. I held her for only a few minutes and then surrendered her to the nurse. I never saw her again."

Then, he she continued, "After I met you, you became everything to me and I was terrified that you could never truly love me if you really knew me. I have lived a lie all these years by not telling you. I had hoped to keep up the lie for the rest of my life. But that hope died two nights ago. I got a phone call. It was my daughter, she's been searching for me and now she has found me. What am I going to do?
Mark took her in his arms again and held her tightly for several minutes. "God has forgiven you, Hellen. And so do I."

In the days and weeks that followed, Mark and Hellen shared Hellen's story with their adult children and as Mark modeled his love for Hellen, the children followed their father's example. They encouraged their mother and comforted her as she revealed her past pain to them.
One night as Leslie and Joe got into bed, she said, "Joe, you know my greatest failures, yet your love covers me. I feel clean, safe and accepted. I don't feel the disgrace anymore. I never dreamed that I could feel this safe."

Love Advice - Who Should You Listen To?

I remember when I broke up with my boyfriend of seven years. It seemed like everyone that I came into contact with knew about it and started giving me love advice. You wouldn't believe some of the things I was told to do! The advice ranged from stalking my ex so that he doesn't forget about me to sleeping with his best friend to get back at him. Thankfully, I was smart enough not to follow these well meaning advisors. But I did wonder to myself, how many people do follow this advice? How do you know which is the right love advice to follow?

So I did some research and found out that the best love advice comes from those who have been there and done that. The people that have lost the love of their life and used psychological techniques to get their ex back. These people will be able to give you sound advice on what to do and what not to do. One of the things you shouldn't do is blame yourself.

It is easy when you go through a breakup to blame yourself. You will imagine that there is something horribly wrong with you and that is why he left. But unless you are truly a psycho, chances are the relationship went sour for other reasons.

People that are in a relationship for a long period of time get comfortable with one another. They stop dressing to impress. Romance is no longer something that is a top priority. They take each other for granted. After a period of time, the grass starts to look a little greener on the other side. Before you know it the relationship has gone downhill and a breakup is inevitable.

So when this happens and when you realize that your ex is the right person for you, then you need solid love advice that you know will work for you. Don't listen to your well meaning friends and family members. Get your love advice from the ones who have made it their passion in life to help others get their ex back.

This advice will be more than just helping you to get your ex back. It will also help you to understand yourself and help you to correct the mistakes that you have made in the relationship so that history doesn't repeat itself. With the right love advice you can have a strong, loving relationship with that special person that can last a lifetime.

18 Love Letter Benefits

It is amazing that such a simple gesture as writing a love letter could have such a profound impact on you and your true love. Not to mention on all those watching you, observing your commitment to love.

What's more, writing frequent love letters

1. Builds excitement that's not easily quenched. Each letter when prepared with care is like a surprise gift, tucked behind the couch just out of sight that appeared out of nowhere on Christmas morning.

2. Instills a joy that can endure the storms of life and that can even place an upward curve on sweet lips that have been crying all day. A couple heartfelt words on a sheet of paper can work wonders.

3. Recovers happiness lost during the clutter of busy days, screaming kids, yelling bosses, traffic jams, spilled coffee or whatever the crazy episode of the day happened to be. All the worries of the day melt away when you know someone loves you no matter what!

4. Creates hope even where hope never existed. A word of encouragement - a simple "I support you," "We'll get there together," or "You can do it!" in a romantic love letter can make you a believer.

5. Produces a forgiving spirit out of your commitment to write frequent love letters - a habit that will result in a desire to keep your relationship pure and free from bitterness and grudges.

6. Encourages communication that results in a closer more intimate relationship; more meaningful conversations, more talking, joking and more laughing.

7. Stirs passions resulting in more nights out together, more flowers with a note two pages long, more mornings with breakfast in bed and more hugs and kisses with no prompting whatsoever.

8. Cultivates trust and commitment that keeps growing stronger as you establish this excellent habit - writing frequent love letters.

9. Promotes romance... more alone time, more tenderness, more compassion, more concern, more fun and more tiny surprises for no reason at all.

10. Discourages destructive behavior by filling your heart and mind with love, tenderness and compassion; leaving little and eventually no room for anything bad.

11. Relieves stress by helping you to relax, laugh and maybe even cry happy tears. A love letter takes your mind off your troubles, if even just for a few moments.

12. Reduces fighting and tension by replacing those horrible, kill-joy, stress-creating parts of every relationship with patient loving conservations, prompted by a love letter. Who wouldn't want to reduce or even eliminate, if at all possible, fighting and tension?

13. Abolishes sadness with a few genuine words like "I love you," "I'm here" or "Just wait until you see..." - words that can change your mood instantaneously. Telling them you love them, sharing a happy note or hinting to a fun surprise works every time.

14. Eradicates loneliness with communication that's sincere and hard to challenge. Commitment to sharing deep thoughts, concerns, worries, hopes and dreams can only result in a closer relationship and not one that's more distant.

15. Dissolves boredom because writing and reading love letters is a fun and exciting activity that never gets old. You can easily spend a lifetime pursuing your lover's ever-changing wants, needs and desires.

16. Sets a good example for all those around you who are watching you and your commitment to love. Your friends, relatives, neighbors and children are watching you. This is your chance to be a good role model. As it's been well said,

... good character is caught, not taught.

17. Endorses faithfulness by filling your heart, mind and soul with love for your one and only true love. And by committing to keep filling your heart, mind and soul with things lovely and good.

18. Deters deceit because it is hard to genuinely move in two separate directions at the same time. Perhaps some can, but even so, writing frequent love letters with words of love, compassion, hope, joy and happiness will eventually tug on the conscience, suggesting change.

Is There Unconditional Love? Love Conditionally

As much as people say love ends when you start having conditionals, i think otherwise. Actually, love ends when you stop having conditionals. Does it make sense, think about it. Once you stop meeting your partners conditions, like being home in time and doing things they like, the love between the two of you flies out of the window. Now isn't that conditional love? The only love that we can say is never conditional is parental love. No matter what your child does, you will still love it. Unconditional love is one where you love someone without looking at the things they do, where they come from or how they look like. Only then can you say to have unconditional love.

Many people before they get into a relationship make a list of things they would want their partner to have. For the girls the list could include, a car, a house, a nice phone and handsome and all this should be in one person. Without this, they cannot love the person. Without realizing it, they have already put conditions for their love and it ceases being unconditional love. They would rather be with a rich handsome guy who has houses all over the country than be with a poor man. Though the poor guy would have loved them better they cannot be with him. There are some ladies who say they would rather be in a limousine and cry rather than be with a poor man and smiling. Who wants to worry about money anyway, they reason. For the men, they want a submissive person, intelligent and beautiful. Isn't that conditional?

It is also generally believe that a poor person will more likely cheat on you than a rich guy. This is because most rich guys are too busy to have multiple relationship while the poor guy has all the time in the world. They would also make passes at women just to prove their manhood. With the many conditions that we give our partners, regarding the time they should get home and what they should do and not do we cannot say unconditional love exists. We might hide behind being concerned but that is not being concerned. The question is, if you are simply concerned about the person, why then do you get mad with them to the extent of ending the relationship? If you loved the person so much and what you had for them is unconditional love you wouldn't want to terminate the relationship for whatever reason.

From Sarah with love

Pantera -This Love-

Mario - Let Me Love You

Un-premeditated Test of Love - Would You Love Him Still?

Every family struggles with hard times, broken promises, unmet expectations, financial setbacks and betrayal. When you face such difficulties, call on God's strength so that you and your partner can walk through the pain together and emerge the stronger for it; just like Ben and Maurine.

After twenty - three years in career, Ben was worn out, exhausted from trying to climb the corporate ladder. One morning he happened to catch a television infomercial that promised him all the luxuries of life if he would just attend an upcoming seminar and was promptly overwhelmed with the potential of the program as he watched the video and studied the brochures. He and Maurine had always discussed any expenditure over one hundred dollar. But that day, he caved in to his greed and withdrew all their savings as well as cashed in their retirement fund to invest in this get - rich - quick enterprise. It was such a sure thing. It had worked for so many.

Months later Ben's life was one huge mess. He had quit his job, believing that if he devoted all his time to this new venture, he would surely reap the rich rewards the videos and glossy brochures promised. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. He was out of a job, their credit cards were maxed out, and Maurine had to go back to work full - time for the first time since before they'd had children.

Despite all this, Maurine did not give up on her husband. When she discussed her fear and anger and frustration with her pastor, he told her "Maurine, you've come smack up against one of those 'in sickness or in health' realities. But you are called to love Ben even if ... That's the kind of Love Christ exhibits for us - agape love. It's a real thing Maurine admits come solely come from God, she took her pastor's words to heart.

And Ben responded. He found a new job with a Christian employer and the nature of the work made him feel truly useful for the first time in years. He and Maurine downsized their home, sold their boat, and made serious inroads into paying off their creditors. Ben replaced his desire to get rich quick with a renewed vision and commitment to live and finish life well.

How to Find Love Using Law of Attraction

Finding love is important to everyone. It's important to have a loving relationship with a person that respects us and enriches our lives. We need to be sure that we're living the life that we planned for ourselves and are as happy as we can possibly be and love is a big part of that. The Law of Attraction can help us with this.

There are quite a few CDs,DVDs, and Books out there that can aid you learning how to practice the Law of Attraction and apply it to finding the love you desire Give thought to that which you want and how to best go after it. Once you're serious about creating you life exactly as you would like it to be you'll possess a healthier and happier mind for living such a life.

Finding love will go a long way in making your life a happy one. Without love and respect you will not possess anything worth wile. In order to gain love and respect you need to give it. This is the foremost thing that you need always keep in mind. You must be respectful to other people so that you can savor life and love others.You must demonstrate to other people that they are important to you, as well. Applying the Law of Attraction can make this a simpler undertaking for all involved.

When you employ the Law of Attraction in life for gaining respect and love you will find it is a great deal easier to be both loved and respected by other people. You must think positively in life and know what you desire. Every one of your goals and dreams are important one of the things that you should always keep in mind is that you are entitled to these dreams and you ought to go after them. Regardless of what is going on in your life, you should apply the Law of Attraction to make your dreams a reality.

Don't be pessimistic when it concerns your life. You must stay optimistic and keep on thinking positively no matter what results you are getting. When matters knock you down you have get back on top of them. Don't allow anyone or anything stand in the path of your happiness or the love and respect that you deserve.

Everything we have in life comes to us because of the manner in which we think. Our life is an accumulation of our past thoughts. Using the Law of Attraction will cause us recognize our expectations in our lives and demonstrate to us that there are no limits except those that we set for ourselves. It makes no difference wherever your dreams rest in life. As long as you think about what you desire in life and believe you will get it you'll be more successful in all your endeavors and gain the love that you are after.

If you do not believe in something you will discover that it is very difficult to manifest in your life. You should to apply the great power of your mind to attain your goals and dreams. If you don't employ the Law of Attraction to your daily life you will find that it is very difficult for you to be the person that you want to be and you'll miss out on the success and love that should be yours.

Why He Doesn't Love You But Will Never Leave You

Do you ever sit around inside the cocoon of your tired relationship and wonder why you're still with this man who doesn't love you? At times he says he does but his actions are anything but lovely. Is it love why he chooses to stay with you and you with him? Is it a travesty that over fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce or are these people the courageous ones?

If even one of your relationships has been anything like a few of mine, then you know why some people remain when it's past due time to be moving along.

First, there is the guy who can't move on although he treats you like dog crap because his own self-esteem is so low and he knows that at least when it comes to you, there will always be someone he can crap on.

Second, he's lazy and sees very little reason for becoming a better man because you have tolerated him for so long; he is comfortable being less of who he knows he can and should be.

Third, he's just plain apathetic when it comes to anything other than his own interests. Basically, he's a narcissist who's confused about the difference between self love and self only.

Fourth, he lives from the perspective of his ego nature and can only see as his options a flight or fight mentality and because he has a deep fear of being alone, he chooses to stay and fight. And unfortunately you reap those benefits, or liabilities.

And finally, although the list is endless, he needs to have a sense of control. He needs to know that in this big and scary world of his, he is the master of his domain, he is the god of his ship and even if he can't control the world and his job, his parents, or his own internal fears, at least he can control YOU!

The Love of Others is All About Acceptance

In another article I made the case that self love is all about acceptance, now I am changing tack to talking about relationships. I said in a thought for the day,'If you truly love somebody you must accept them'.

In another article I wrote is called 'Unload your expectations', I basically say that when we place expectations on others or ourselves we are setting them and us up to fail. Later when I read through this article I wondered if I was correct in what I said because I concluded that there are some areas where we must place expectations on others.

After I wrote the article on self acceptance I changed my mind, I do not retract a single word from that article.

So am I saying that spouses should place no expectations on each other? Yes.

Am I saying that parents should place no expectations on their children? Yes.

In fact if you want to try to screw up the lives of your children a good way to start is by letting them know that you are disappointed in them.

So how do we deal with the fact that children should attend school and should do their homework for example, how are we to exercise discipline. We exercise it through a means of punishments and rewards.

Punishments may include: grounding, sending a child to his/her room, not giving them their allowance that week. Rewards may include: money, taking the child to a sports event, getting them an ice cream, you get the idea.

The key point is that by not doing homework, skipping school etc they should be aware that you love them just the same, your love is not diminished.

So what happens in the case of a marriage or long term relationships in the case of something like fidelity. Don't we expect our partner to be faithful?

No, we trust them to be.

Babies Love Boxes!

Parents often go overboard when buying Christmas presents for their children, especially when that child is their first. What parents find out, after their babies are old enough to sit up and play, is that babies usually love boxes more than the toys that were originally in them.

Don't become too discouraged. It happens to nearly every parent. When someone suggests that you may not want to spend so much on actual gifts because an infant won't be able to appreciate them, you might want to listen. If they have children of their own, you may be able to avoid some of the same frustrations they've had.

What is it about boxes that draws the attention of babies? Part of the appeal may be that boxes are large and easily manipulated. Boxes are also lightweight so they won't hurt if the baby drops them. Finally, as everyone knows, nothing tastes better than cardboard!

Since babies love boxes so much, don't fight it. Take advantage of their interest in boxes to begin to teach them to use their imagination. Your baby won't totally develop their sense of imaginative play until they are pre-school age, but there's no reason to wait too long before encouraging this type of play.

Actually, if you haven't looked at toys lately, you can buy pretend food to use in play kitchens. These are smaller than normal foods, so they're easy for little children to handle. There are also plastic foods that are safe for children to put in their mouths.

One box that parents probably have in large numbers is wipe boxes. Not only can they be used to store small things in, they can be used to build with like building blocks. If your baby is a boy, he can put his chunky cars in the box and then take them out and play with them. Little girls, once they start playing with baby dolls, can put their baby's clothes in the wipe boxes and even use the wipe box as a bed.

With babies, it seems that simple is best. They really don't need to have toys with all the bells and whistles. Lights and noises at this age may get their attention, but they may not hold that attention for long. Give them a couple of small boxes and they'll be happy for quite some time.

As your baby grows, they have the potential to turn almost anything into a toy. They'll find things in your home that you may not wish them to play with, so be concerned about baby-proofing your home.

Babies grow up so fast. One minute they're brand new, small, and helpless. The next thing you know, they're trying to get around on their own. Give them simple things to play with. Babies love boxes and they're great items to help them use their imagination.

Should You Get Back Together With Your Ex? Love is Lovelier the Second Time Around

Love is lovelier the second time around. Or so says romance novels and real stories. However, the former are escapist fare, while the latter are exceptions to the rule. Still, love is a powerful force that needs another chance at happiness. That said, should you get back together with your ex?

Oh, yes.

Let's face it. You were miserable when you were apart, and you will do anything short of begging to get your love back. You want another chance to make it lovelier for both of you. But first, ask yourself these questions:

* Do you still truly, madly, deeply love each other?
* Can you work through, even forgive and forget the reasons for your break-up?
* Are you the right person for each other, given the past difficulties you have had?
* Do your friends and family approve of a possible reunion?

If your answer to all four questions is a resounding "Yes!", then your answer to the niggling issue of should you get back together with your ex is likewise a resounding "Yes, I do".

A word of caution: Do not cannonball into the reunion. Instead, take your own sweet time in rediscovering each other by going out on dates, trying new things, and talking through your past issues with patience. It will also help to be celibate while you are at it.

Oh, no, no, no, no

On the other side of the "should you get back together with your ex" issue, you should say "No, thanks. I'm done with the relationship" under the following circumstances:

* You want your ex back because you do not want others to have a piece of the pie. You want what others want now because it was yours first. Tsk, tsk.
* You want to prove to yourself and to others that you have what it takes to lure your ex back. Ego is at work here.
* Your friends and family are totally against the idea of a happily ever after the second time around. As tempting as it is, you don't live alone in this world. Besides, you know better than to believe in happily ever after with barely concealed hostility thickening up the tension-filled air during gatherings.

So before you go about finally answering your "should you get back together with your ex" dilemma, think hard, criticize even harder, and question your motives the hardest.

Stress, Love, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwiches

Tuesday evening, my husband and I decided to clear our schedules for a relaxing day together Wednesday. We went to the store to purchase a movie to watch that night and we came home expecting all to go as planned. One thing led to another, however, and we went to bed slightly frazzled having not watched the movie and feeling very little relaxed.

The next day was much the same. We and others were in and out of our house all day, and my husband, son, and I all experienced quite a range of emotion, though little was positive. We all took turns being upset at the situation and each other. I was stressed and didn't want to talk about my worries because I didn't want to make the situation any worse.

Finally, when projects were completed and our emotions had a chance to subside I realized my husband had hardly eaten anything that day. Knowing he tended not to eat when upset, I offered to fix him anything he wanted. I wasn't prepared for his answer, and almost decided against it, but I had promised I would make him anything, so I did.

He requested the world's greatest sandwich: peanut butter and chocolate syrup on bread grilled in the sandwich maker with a scoop of ice cream on top. I thought that it sounded awful, but I wanted to show him how much I loved him. I also wanted to make sure he actually ate. I tasted the completed concoction, and it actually wasn't bad.

When I asked what my husband wanted, he said he would eat anything, but then requested the world's greatest sandwich. I was tempted to just fix him leftovers. The squash and chicken gravy would have been much healthier and less trouble. But showing how much I cared for him, especially after such an emotionally charged day was more important.

After he ate the sandwich we both apologized and we able to talk more openly about our day. He was able to spend some time working on something he enjoys. That small act of service made all the difference for both of us, and the negative feelings in our home left.

I hear stories about people "falling out of love" with each other. I wonder if in those cases, people stop feeling loving feelings because they stop doing loving actions. Love is not just something that comes and goes by accident or chance. It is something we work and sacrifice for. Relationships are stressful, no matter how good they are. Remembering to do loving things and say loving words will keep love alive and bring you closer together.

Women - Win Man Back - The Magic Love Recipe

Suffering through a break up is one of the most difficult and heart breaking experiences that a woman can go through, especially if you still love him with all of your heart. So what do you do if you want to win man back?

Breaking up with your man can cause pain that is similar to losing a loved you to death, the pain can cause depression to the point where you just don't want to get out of bed in the morning. I know that paints a bleak picture, BUT there is hope you can win man back!

Most women will make mistakes in trying to win back man, mistakes that will push him further away. I will be discussing some of those mistakes but I also will be discussing later about a proven plan that will help you to win man back, a plan that works like a "magic love recipe".

But first I want to discuss 3 common mistakes that you may make in trying to win your man back.

1. Showing Signs of Desperation.

First thing after a break up you may want to do is call your ex and plead, or down right beg, for him to take you back. This is a show of weakness that will turn your man off and push him farther away from you.

This is one of the most important mistakes you don't want to make if you really want to win man back. Because you are so emotional about the break up and the more emotions you show, the more power it will give to him.

What you need to do is to make sure your ex feel that you are not needy. Sure, it is ok to make him feel you MAY be open to getting back together but not to the point that your life depended on it.

2. Overly Apologizing.

If you are the one that caused the break up then it is ok to apologize for your mistakes. But do not keep saying you are sorry over and over again.

You may not be the cause of the break up and you still want to apologize. That does not make any sense, apologize to him for his mistakes? Why would you want to do that, it is another sign of weakness.

3. Don't Have A Plan To Win Man Back.

Wishing and hoping will not win your man back, you need a plan that will guide you through this rough time in your life. Don't you wish you had a plan that works like a "magic love recipe" to win man back?

It's About Love

To love and be loved. But what is love really? And what does it have to do with leading a meaningful joy-filled life? Love is not a mere feeling, behavior, thought, or biochemical response. Love is free and available to all and everyone. There is no end to its supply, in fact the more love you put out the more it generates. Love is a key ingredient to happiness and every day that you don't have love in your life it will get a little colder and a little harder - every day until the day you die.

Love is as critical to your mind and body as oxygen - that's not negotiable. To love and be loved is to be relationally connected to other people. The more connected you are the healthier you will be both physically and emotionally. The less connected you are the less meaningful your life. A study by C. Norman Shealy, M.D. and Carolyn Myss, Ph.D., found that to love and be loved is life-changing even in the most literal sense. They found that love is a factor in improving the immune system, adding to life expectancy and creating overall happiness. Their research shows that even bad habits like smoking and overeating have less of an impact on those who are relationally connected and have a loving support system. Children who are exposed to unconditional love from their parents have a good self esteem and more zest for life.

Every day express your love. Find words and actions of love that are appropriate. Learn to speak words of blessing rather than criticism. Share your resources with a needy person. Participate in your community of faith. Offer gifts and perform thoughtful deeds with no ulterior motivation. Honor confidentiality when it would be easier not to. Be there for someone even though its not convenient. Give some serious thought and energy about how to express to somebody that you love what they really mean to you. When you get a leading to reach out to somebody, to give somebody a positive note or some words of encouragement or to wrap your arms around somebody - don't blow it off! Its your chance to love. Remember how short life is and what really matters. Its all about LOVE.

Called to Love

"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? - Matthew 5:43-46

Who is our enemy?

I think this goes way deeper than the obvious. I believe that our "enemy" can be the person in bed next to us each night. It can be a sister in Christ sitting in the pew next to us every Sunday.

Who is our enemy?

Well, today, I am going to focus on our marriages. So, today's "enemy" will be our mate.

Do not misunderstand. Our husband's are not really our enemies. However, if you look at the meaning of enemy it means; antagonistic, hostile, belligerent. A LOT of marriages experience these emotions at one point or another.

It can be very hard to love someone who treats you badly or says hurtful things to you. Especially if that person is your spouse. You expect more. You have made vows. This is the one person in the world who you expect to love you and treat you right.

Unfortunately, we are in a sinful world and we marry with baggage. We take the junk of our pasts into our marriages and soon the "honeymoon" state is a distant memory. It is in many cases easier to love an enemy we do not know personally then the person we go to bed with each night.

It's not always easy to love our husbands. It can be downright difficult. I struggle with this on a daily basis. We are just so different.

I believe the main reason it is difficult to "love" our husbands is because we allow our "feelings" to get in the way. Our "feelings" (aka our flesh) will always steer us in the wrong direction. We must choose to love. We must submit our feelings to the foot of the cross....and leave them there! We must choose to love our enemies husbands. We must choose to love those who wrong us.

Does She Love Me? 3 Sure Shot Ways to Know Whether She Truly Loves You Or Not

Are you at a certain stage where you want to find out whether a certain girl loves you or not? You have some doubts that there is love but just aren't sure yet? You see if a girl loves you she would do certain things around you in a completely different way and would act is very different manners around you as well. In order to know whether she loves you or not all you have to do is look for these signs. Read on to discover what these signs are and how you can easily find out whether she loves you or not.......

Is she very caring towards you? - This is the very first sign you must look for in order to know whether she loves you or not. Women tend to get extremely caring towards the one they love....Is she overly concerned about you and your life? Is she always thinking of the best for you and wants the best for you at the same time? Does she get happy at your achievements and sad when you are down? You see if this is the case then she loves you for sure.

She can't survive a day without talking to you- Does she regularly talk to you and at the same time gets highly emotional if you two miss a day of talking? This is a very strong sign that she has deep feelings for you and can't seem to live without thinking about you even for a day.

Has she introduced you to her family? - Now this would never happen if she just likes you but you see making you meet her family means she is thinking about the long term and is probably in love with you. She is probably thinking about settling down with you and that's the reason why she is letting her family know of you.

The Zahir - A Story of Love and Realization

"The Zahir" meaning 'the present' or 'unable to go unnoticed' is one of the best works of Coelho. The novel has both spiritual and philosophical touch to it. Its about this man, the protagonist and his quest for discovering his own self. It centers on the narrator-a best-selling novelist's search for his wife.

Having enjoyed all the privileges that a man can, thanks to money and his celebrity-hood, he realizes that his life is now confronted with some of the most unpredictable questions. Esther, his wife for ten years has disappeared from their home and immediately he is suspected of foul play by the authorities and the press. Unable to comprehend Esther's inexplicable disappearance, he is forced to re-examine both his marital relationship and his own life.

The narrator has questions aplenty which have no answer. Was Esther kidnapped or did she decide to part ways with him after having a failed marriage? Eventually, his only link in Esther's disappearance is Mikhail, his wife's friend. Then the narrator starts his journey- his quest to find out his wife. Like Coelho's other stories, this one too focuses on journey. During this journey, he discovers a lot about life and love and its various faces.

It is then that he realizes about his obsession for his wife, rather than his love. All this does make him a much more enlightened human being who is continually traveling in the pursuit of his dreams. Man can fulfill his own dreams and destroy them too. That's exactly what the author tries to and in fact, successfully portrays in this beautiful novel of human emotions and continuous enlightenment of an individual. The narrator understands the worth of what he had long taken for granted only after losing it to time and is left without an answer to his questions.

You Suck - A Love Story Book Review

You Suck: A Love Story tells the classic tale of two vampires in love, but it's not your average vampire tale. Grocery store night-clerk, Thomas C. Flood wakes up to find himself turned into a vampire by his girlfriend, Jody. Though he's more than a little mad about his transformation, the two decide to make it work. First on their list of things to do, besides experimenting with their new powers and abilities, is finding a minion. They find one in Abby Normal, a goth teen who worships their kind. All seems to be going well, until the vamp who turned Jody comes after them, and Flood's coworkers (a group of anti-vampires called The Animals) find out he's a vampire. Then there's the blue prostitute named Blue who wants them all dead.

Critics at The Onion call author Christopher Moore, "The thinking man's Dave Barry or the impatient man's Tom Robbins." Fans of comical fantasies will love this book!

I love how witty and clever the writing is in this novel, yet it's modern and easy to follow. It has a writing style and themes that are accessible to any thinking reader. I also like how Moore works within the vampire mythologies, creating a few new ones and dispelling some classics. For instance, victims turn to dust after they are drained of blood, and vampires cannot ingest anything but blood. These changes held my interest as I wanted to know how these vampires interacted with each other and the rest of the world.

There is nothing I disliked about this novel. It was truly entertaining and clever!

I have to find more of Christopher Moore's novels. I had heard somewhere that You Suck: A Love Story wasn't his best work, so I thought it would be a good one to start with. Now I'm wondering how fantastic his other works are if this is considered not as good. I'll definitely be finding more of his work to read!

Christopher Moore is known for his comical takes on classic myths and characters. In this novel, he takes a new twist on vampires. In others, he examines Death (the classic grim reaper) and even Jesus. I'm sure a few could take offense to his writing, so it would be wise to research a bit before reader and to keep an open mind.

Love Secrets Lies in Exotic Apparel

Getting into an organic feel good state of mind can easily be obtained by creating scenes for your lover, using revealing lingerie. The chemistry will go through the roof. But Wait! Let's slow it down a little. A fast moving scene is not what you want.

Try strutting in some sexy women's loungewear to keep things interesting, while you prepare a fantastic dinner. Cause him to have after dinner thoughts of you while soft music plays to set the tone. Take time to clad yourself in a soft chemise nightgown that flows around your beauty.

Yes! Incredibly sheer lingerie can create rich harmony to soothe his soul. In the morning when you are driving to that Mountain weekend retreat don't forget to bring along some sexy panties, hot panties, fishnet bodystockings, and sexy satin cocktail dresses.

You will be the ornament of his desire. You will be sending positive messages subliminally. This is the power of wearing exotic apparel. Make him light the glorious lamp of love.

Every woman's wardrobe should include sexy exotic lingerie. Such as: transparent sheer swimwear, sheer lingerie, garters and hosiery, sexy panties, teddys peek-a-boo. A wonderful variety of fantasy wear that will make him smile in your glowing colors.

The soft texture of a lily is what comes into his mind. The light in his eyes will tell you what is deep down inside. Close your eyes and watch his dreams become your reality. Sculptor his passions by wearing sheer lingerie garments that embraces him.

All of his love will belong to you, because feelings like this are feels like heaven sent. Being so secure with his strength and tenderness too. This will be the best times of your life, making all other things in your life calm and workable. A thousand nights and more is what you will have in your love treasure.

His arms will hold you and never leave because he will believe in your love feelings. Nothing compares to the magic of love and warmth revolving around you. These are the sensations you will create wearing sexy exotic lingerie, putting the look of love into his eyes.

If Love Never Fails, Why Do Marriages?

There is a scripture in the Bible from I Corinthians 13:8, that very simply says that love never fails. Well, if love never fails, how is it that our marriages are failing to the rate of about one out of every two in America? Something about our love definition does not seem to match that of the Bible. This article will look at love and marriage from a more traditional view. That tradition is from the Bible. I am going into this discussion with a belief that the Bible is the truth and not a lie. If we can agree or even consider the Bible to be the Word of God (for the sake of this discussion) then I believe that we can come to a logical conclusion in this area of love and marriage.

When we look at our culture today, although people say that they love each other, we are more and more hard-pressed to find love that actually lasts. You may go into a marriage and survive one, five, or maybe even 10 years, but eventually there is a call for a divorce. That divorce may occur for many reasons. Some reasons may be justified due to infidelity or the abuse of a spouse or a child. However, more times than not, divorce seems to be rooted in some vague catch phrase like irreconcilable differences. What is that? What differences can't be reconciled if love is truly present? Jesus stated it this way: "Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

True love carries with it a strong commitment and even a sacrificial element. It carries a sense that I am in this relationship just as much for your well-being as I am for my own. If our love were based more on the love that Jesus describes, maybe our love would truly last. True love is selfless, but we have tried to define it as selfish. But God's kind of love, as demonstrated when Jesus died for us, is effective and powerful. Again, I believe the Bible to be true. Love never fails. But we fail when we choose to be self-centered and only interested in what makes us happy. Maybe the answer is simple. We should only use the term love when we are ready to commit and sacrifice on behalf of another. I believe that this would help us stay focused on the reality of a God kind of love that is deeper and stronger than what we usually refer to as love in many of our marriages. I still believe that the Word is true. Love never fails.

Who Doesn't Love the Smell of a New Car?

Leasing has been lauded as your cheapest ticket to keep up with the industry's hottest vehicles and trends. The jury, however, is still out on leasing: with the industry long on hype and short on detail, it is difficult to distinguish between a genuinely good deal and a downright up-selling exercise.

Don't you just love the smell and feel of a new car? Me too. That's the reason why, when it comes to auto leases, I make certain that I completely grasp my options and if I should be leasing or purchasing my autos. I have learned through the years there are all kinds of hidden costs concerned in leasing a new automobile. Are you aware that there are underhand vehicle dealers out there who will blindly rip you off if you let them?

You need to check out all your options and read the contract carefully. Did you know that your standard payment could have been randomly made up by one of these dealers on the spot just by having a look at you and deciding how much cash they should charge you.

Reiterate and question everything on the lease form and ask in depth queries why you should be paying what you are. The small print can be your pal, use it against the automobile dealer to agree to a better deal some other place.

Lots of people get swayed by the concept of a lease and it's low payments. However, these same customers are living the high life till the day comes when they must eventually return their auto. When you purchase a vehicle, you own it, or at least the bank owns the note on it till you pay it off. Before a consumer can lease an automobile thru a dealer, many parties are involved to figure out the residual worth and the interest rate of the suggested vehicle lease. If the market is depressed at the end of a lease and the residual value is higher than the used auto is worth, then enormous losses result to the lending source.

The lessee/consumer leasing the automobile starts by agreeing to pay the lending source a once per month payment for the term of the lease. Behind the scens, the lender secretly decides on a loan rate it needs to return a profit to its backers or banks. A third-party firm, is usually employed to prepare the displays that are available to dealers subscribing across the nation. Included in this info is the list of many potential bank sources. The new auto dealer is just a facilitator between the lessee and the lending source. They have no faithfulness to their manufacturer in this regard and they can be the shopper's best pal by showing the shopper many leasing standard payments and interest rates from many lending sources.

When the lease is finalized, the money source pays the sale price; a portion is used to pay the dealer's cost and the balance is the dealer's profit.

As with all things in life, if you don't understand what you're doing, seek out advice before you sign on the dotted line.

Love Spells - Will a Love Spell Really Work?

Love spells are very controversial, and rightfully so. The idea of love spells has been debated time and time again from wiccans, traditional witches, and other occultists.

Mostly everyone agrees that while casting a love spell to help you find the one you're meant to be with is fine, doing love spells on a specific person can cause some problems.

I'm sure you've heard of the old "tale" of the girl who puts a love spell on a specific boy, causing him to dangerously obsess over her. She then has a stalker on her hands. Of course this isn't always the case, and that doesn't happen every single time a specific love spell is cast. While one should always use caution when doing a love spell or having a love spell cast on their behalf, they don't always necessarily backfire.

For instance, if you already have a connection with someone, a love spell *may* be beneficial in "spicing things up more" so to speak. If you have already had someone that you miss and would like to reunite with, you could cast a love spell to help "rekindle the flame" if you indeed feel in your heart that you're meant to be with that person.

Of course you should always be careful when casting any love spells. I know if you've already been considering it, there's nothing that will stop you. Sometimes we all have to try and experiment anyway. Just make absolutely sure that you truly wish to be with that person. There are many free love spells available out there if you want to try them on your own, but sometimes a more experienced witch is needed to help you.

An experienced witch or other occultist already has spiritual connections. They may also be psychic as well, and can give you some insight on the love spells, and whether they should be cast.

Here are some tips to consider when casting love spells or having them cast on your behalf. The more you follow these tips, the better the outcome:

• Stay positive. It can be hard to sometimes, but you should associate only positive thoughts and emotions with your love interest. You do not want to send out mixed signals to the Universe.

• Don't become discouraged or frustrated. It will create negative energy, thus potential blocks.

• Try to visualize a happy outcome for the love spell at least a few minutes a day. Imagine being with your love interest. Try using all of your senses to get a clear picture as possible.

• Try not to obsess too much over the love spell and your love interest. When thinking about the situation and your love interest, only think positive. But at the same time, try to do other things throughout the day that make you happy

• Sometimes results from a love spell will happen during a time when you may least expect it. This is why it's very important not to dwell and obsess over the situation.

• Remember to thank the Universe and your God/Goddess often for giving you a chance to be with your love interest. Even if you're not with them physically yet, still let your God/Goddess know that you appreciate them. Have faith that the love magic will work.

Webkinz Toys - Why Do Children Can Love Webkinz Toys and Benefit From Them at the Same Time

Webkinz toys are a combination of a toy and a wonderful computer game for kids. For those who do not yet know, they can help you child learn the value of a dollar by allowing them to spend money while also earn money so that they have more to spend or save.

After your child receives a webkinz toy as a gift, they are given a secret code that allows them to securely sign on to the website. They are then awarded a set number of kinz dollars, then the fun begins.

The plush toys themselves, not only make great, lovable gifts for children but they also are affordable for most families. Most webkinz are inexpensive and easily found at many smaller stores: Collectible stores, small gift shops, and toy store are only some of the places that you are likely to find webkinz toys.

When looking at their website, you will see that unit of currency on the website is Kinzcash. KinzCash is virtual reality cash that your child can earn and spend. Kinzcash can be used for childlike things, KinzCash can also be used to care for their pets. They do this by buying furniture, other interesting accessories, and medicine when their pet gets sick.

This is the great benefit to your child of these toys, they are not advised to spend all their money on childish things, if there is not enough money left over, then they will not be able to properly care for their character if they become sick.

From Sarah with love

The Shiniest Jewel - A Family Love Story by Mariam Henley

Being familiar with Ms. Henley's cartoons I couldn't wait to open up my advanced reading copy of "The Shiniest Jewel." For those not familiar with graphic novels this is a story with a complex plot that is illustrated in comic book format. It has a beginning, middle and end and it's aimed at mature readers.

This graphic memoir is a powerful look at one woman's emotional experience with international adoption. It also chronicles how the process affected her relationships with family and friends, especially her father.

Henley allows readers an honest look into her personal life without pulling any punches - not an easy thing to do. I empathized with her fears, becoming furious at the endless bureaucratic red tape and the waiting. But I also rejoiced when she brought home her beautiful new son. She confides in the reader as if we were old friends. I felt like I knew her.

Henley is a compelling storyteller and a talented cartoonist. I was hooked on page one. The narrative is heartrending without being sentimental; amusing and witty without being riotous. The drawings are the backbone of the book effectively conveying the substance of the story.

And it's an emotional story on many levels. I especially appreciated the graphic tribute to her father. In October 1944 he was a 24 year old navy lieutenant. The letter he wrote home when his three best friends were killed by a bursting shell had me in tears.

But rest assured it's not all sad. Henley's wry humor pervades. It's hard to convey the visual jokes but being a cat person my favorite was the sketch depicting the merger of two cat families - four cats being stuffed in a blender.

I read the story in one sitting and I know I'll be picking it up again for a second read. It will be for sale on September 15th and I highly recommend it.

On Becoming Fearless - In Love, Work, and Life

About the Author: Arianna Huffington, is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of eleven books. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's popular political round table program.

In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet.

In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.

"On Becoming Fearless....in Love, Work and Life" is Huffington's most recent and most personal book to date, offering a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a straight-to the point manifesto on how to be bold, how to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done in order to find the freedom to love, lead and succeed.

"Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America", offers a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape with a bold, inspiring and practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders. It was published in 2004.

Understanding What Makes a Man Fall in Love With a Woman

The saying 'men are from Mars and women are from Venus' does seem to be absolutely right. It is a fact that men do think very differently from women. It becomes more difficult for you when you don't know how his thought process works when either you are in a relationship or you are looking for a relationship.

Often as a woman you have to be very flexible and have to make many changes in your life to accommodate yourself into his life. When it comes to understanding what makes a man fall in love with a woman you have to be aware of what qualities in a woman does capture a man's mind.

(1) Originality:

The first and foremost factor when considering what makes a man fall in love with a woman is originality. Men are rational enough to understand they don't need a perfect woman, but a woman who is perfect for them. That is why it becomes very important that you are genuine. If you put on a show just to impress him then he is bound to see the real you sometime sooner or later and you would have no chance of making up with him then. Men want women who are happy with themselves and don't have to show off to impress men.

Often we see women who are dating make the biggest mistake one can trying to find the answer to the question what makes a man fall in love with a woman. They try to go above and beyond what they are. The most common examples of this would be the women who dress up much differently than their usual dressing style when they are with their date just to impress him or trying to show the man that they are the homely kind by cooking meals for the men etc. But these tactics have a double disadvantage, first is that you will not be enjoying doing it and this may affect the relationship and the second is that you will have to carry on doing it for the rest of your life in that relationship. And of course sooner or later he would find out that it's not the real you. It is important that your present the true you to him. Even your flaws have to be visible because that is a part of your individuality.

(2) Confidence:

When you consider what makes a man fall in love with a woman even confidence becomes a big factor. The normal reaction of any woman when the man they are with looks at another woman is to be envious. Not being threatened by the presence of another woman is a quality that men really admire in a woman. This can also make you stand out from other women.

Rather than being irritated when he looks at another woman or talks about his ex girlfriend you can compliment about them and give him a feeling that you are not threatened by them. If you start thinking of you as a prize for him he is bound to feel that too.

Perfume - love the world