His thought when you smile: “I love her. So I love it when she is happy.”
For a man, all is right with the world when he sees you smile. He loves you. He wants to bless you. He wants to make you FEEL loved. And seeing you smile shows he succeeded.
Now, just in case you’re wondering: all this doesn’t mean we can’t raise issues that exist! But it can be so easy to get in a habit of raising those issues… and forgetting to smile. Let’s make an effort to show him when he makes us happy. Let’s focus on the excellent and good in life. After all, doing so will be better for both of us!
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Shaunti Feldhahn loves sharing eye-opening information that helps people thrive in life and relationships. She herself started out with a Harvard graduate degree and Wall Street credentials but no clue about life. After an unexpected shift into relationship research for average people like her, she now is a popular speaker and author of best-selling books about men, women and relationships. (Including For Women Only, For Men Only, and the groundbreaking The Good News About Marriage).
Her newest book, The Kindness Challenge demonstrates that kindness is the answer to pretty much every life problem, and is sparking a much-needed movement of kindness across the country. Visit www.shaunti.com for more.
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