Giving

Tips To Give and Feel Love, taken from the book Instant Karma by Barbara Ann Kipper:

  1. Think Like a Kid
  2. Let each person enjoy life in their own way…and participate in their way occasionally
  3. Put more value on each other than on stuff…or money
  4. Guess positively when you are not sure
  5. Be your partner’s best friend and biggest fan
  6. When things get tough…try harder
  7. Always give future thought to present actions
  8. Let the worries go and just love through them
  9. Hide a little surprise under the pillow
  10. Hold hands more often
  11. Give lots of hugs and kisses
  12. Concentrate on the solutions, rather than the problems
  13. Let someone else be right
  14. What matters is how well you live this life and how well you love
  15. Make your anniversary an all day event
  16. Celebrate each other whenever you can
  17. Groom yourself like a racehorse
  18. Use your greatest talent and encourage loved ones too also
  19. Become more interested in understanding others than being understood
  20. Treasure each other like gold
  21. Awaken him/her with a kiss
  22. Find a good cause and support it together
  23. Choose not to waste time on guilt about the past or worry about the future
  24. Remember…life is about loving and being loved
  25. Take time to be really silly together
  26. Even when you’re angry, treat the other person with respect
  27. Have eyes only for your partner
  28. Fix something without being asked
  29. Cook for your sweetie without being asked
  30. Say you are sorry and mean it
  31. Tally up the things you are thankful for
  32. Act with integrity
  33. Honor the specialness of time spent together
  34. Enjoy solitude too
  35. Share thoughts and ideas
  36. Treasure each other’s dreams and goals
  37. Create and keep up traditions
  38. Don’t let discussions turn into arguments
  39. Take long vacations…together
  40. Work to keep your relationship vibrant
  41. Call when you’re going to be late
  42. Remember special dates
  43. Be present for each other’s special moments
  44. Make a good impression on each other’s friends, business acquaintances, and family
  45. Know what to do in an emergency and plan it together
  46. Think before you speak
  47. Speak a kind word to each other as much as possible
  48. Know that the path is as rewarding as the goal
  49. Dance
  50. Give adoring looks
  51. Hold hands and walk in the rain
  52. Have rules that are fair and consistent
  53. Don’t make people wait for you
  54. Actively choose to be positive
  55. Touch each other as often as possible
  56. Put technology away
  57. Decide you want a happy ending and try to make your dream a reality
  58. Be self-reliant
  59. Kiss each other awake
  60. Kiss each other to sleep
  61. Embrace change
  62. Pass up the next chance to criticize
  63. Let the past stay there
  64. Be nice
  65. Learn things together
  66. Trust
  67. Learn sign languages for “I love you”
  68. Appreciate actions over appearance
  69. Don’t judge, nor allow others to do so
  70. Embrace morality
  71. Don’t agree when you don’t
  72. Appreciate differences
  73. Encourage each other regularly
  74. Treasure life as a gift
  75. Be mindful of your health and treat your body as precious so that you are present for each other
  76. Don’t be critical of your loved one’s friends –or family
  77. Stop trying to change people
  78. Stop texting and talk
  79. Do what you are expected to do, when you are expected to do it
  80. Always leave each other with loving words

Oh, and in the case of an emergency–save each other and forget everything else!