The Keep Your Marriage Philosophy

The steps to creating an exceptional marriage include:

1. Accepting responsibility for your own actions
2. Minimizing blame and resentment
3. Focusing on how you need to change
4. Directing energy into becoming the kind of marriage partner you'd like to have

It is possible to create the marriage of your dreams if you're willing to work hard, love deeply, dream big, and persevere.

Quotes for Reflection

• “Some people wait all their lives for the outside to change their inside. But it never seems to happen because change comes from within us first, then the outside becomes different.”
  —Elliott Goldwag, Ph.D.
• “Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of you life, they are eating at you.” —Norman Vincent Peale
• “Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.” —Joan Lunden
• “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” —Maya Angelou
• “When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” —Dr. Robert Anthony
• “Some people change when they see the light, others when they feel the heat.”—Caroline Schoeder