Rita Watson

Today we are celebrating Veternans Day.  Some nations call November 11th Armistice Day, marking the anniversary of the agreement that ended the first World War.  Yet today as we remember soldiers who have fallen we must also remember that there are thousands of men and women in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the end…

In another gem of a book, “The Courage Companion: How to Live Life with True Power” we find stories that are simple and powerful reflections on love. The book is by Mary Beth Sammons and Nina Lesowitz authors of “Living Life as a Thank you.”  Both books are from Viva Editions. From athletes to humanitarian…

While I am always on the look-out for sayings about love, sometimes a loving thought is right in front me.  The following was a verse that I used in my Serenity Journal written some years ago. It was a book that I gave to a friend to use for his classes.  He showed it to…

While I am not a morning person, today during the early hours in TwitterTown, Pamela Reinsel Cotter, Thrive editor at the Providence Journal, and Projo Fitness Blog, caught my eye.  A minute meditation in which one gazes at a fire and lets go of everything. Meditation is a sense of heightened awareness that brings about…

Did you ever hear a woman or man being critical of a partner or spouse in public?  It is really unnerving. At a dinner party we once attended, silverware jangled each time a husband spoke and his wife snapped: “How many times do I have to tell you, that’s not how it happened?” These can…

Sometimes in a love relationship we lose patience, or become too comfortable with a person and, as such,  instead of acknowledging what the other person needs or wishes, we say something insensitive.  Sometimes it happens in small ways, sometimes in ways that are really hurtful. There is some wisdom in this very old saying: I…

Have you even noticed that you can wish for something so intensely that you become tense and anxious worrying about the outcome?  Sometimes love is one that simply listens and assures rather than add to anxiety already being felt by one’s partner. There is an old song called “Something wonderful.” A few of the lyrics…

We have all heard it said, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”  Is this a relationship myth or does it have to do with letting go of the past and moving on?Today’s Love Daily has a quote from  Every Day Love: The Delicate Art of Caring for…