3 posts tagged “communication”
"After All" by Al Jarreau is one of the purest and heartfelt love songs ever written. I first heard it in an audiotape letter given to me 15 years ago.
AFTER ALL
By Al Jarreau
There, there was a time I knew
That no matter, come what may, love
would prevail
And then inside the dreams I knew
Came the question lovers fear
Can true love fail
Then I would miss the childhood wish
And haven't I sung to you
Of the knight in armor bright
Faithful and true to you
Darling, after all
I will be the one to hold you in my arms
After all
I will be the one to hold you
I will be the one to hold you in my arms
In my arms
I know in my heart and mind
That no matter, come what may, love will survive
And love, the author of space and time
Keeps the galaxies and each sparrow alive
And the love that heals the wound
After the war is through
Is the knight in armor bright
Faithful and true to you
To add hope and love for the new year, I decided to search for the most helpful and inspirational internet sites I could find for love poems, quotes, lyrics, and LDR support. Here is what I found:
Long Distance Relationship locution sites
Love poems
www.poetry.com/greatestpoems/listlove.asp
Love quotes
www.romantic-lyrics.com/lovequotes.shtml
Song lyrics. Some song artists weren’t listed, but I was able to find the songs by title.
www.romantic-lyrics.com/romanticlyrics.shtml
Long Distance Relationship support sites
How-to
A link with how-to-make-this-LDR-last-forever tips
www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Long-Distance-Relationship-Work
Communication problems in your LDR?
You might not agree with everything Health online magazine columnist David Zinczenko has to say, but some women may be interested in checking out these entertaining, thought-provoking, and well-written articles on the behaviors and inner-workings of men.
health.yahoo.com/experts/menlovesex/73762/why-men-don-t-talk/
The Center for the Study of Long Distance Relationships. This site was created for Dr. Gregory Guldner, author of Long Distance Relationships: The Complete Guide.
Check out LDR books by clicking on the Bookstore tab. Visit the informative Resources for Couples section by clicking on the tab
www.longdistancerelationships.net/
Long Distance Relationship books
Amazon
Borders
Barnes & Noble
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=long+distance+relationships&z=y
It looks as though I haven't written on my LDR blog for a month, but actually the comments on the last post have kept me busy with this blog lately, as well as the writing I've been doing on a historical fiction novel I'm trying to finish before the end of the year (see link to Historical Fiction Blog if you're interested in that kind of stuff).
I have a proposal for any member of an LDR relationship...please reply to this post or send a private email with a brief description of how you stay in touch with your partner. That means modes of communication, frequency, any communication rules you might have. I'll summarize your comments and post it here within the next couple weeks. It's my way of staying up to date with how couple use technology today to stay connected. Eventually, I'd like to update my book, The Long Distance Relationship Guidebook, but for now it works fine since the ideas in it are timeless and adaptable to most if not all situations and couples.
to take the plunge into the intrepid waters of a long distance relationship. Okay, I'll give you ten good reasons!
1. How often does the possibility of a great love come a person's way? In the eloquent words of the famous Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran, "When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep."
2. You have to take some positive-oriented risks if you want good things to come your way. Draw upon your deep-seated emotional courage to love and be loved, and allow yourself to get romantically swept up for once (given the signs look favorable).
3. Enjoy love the old-fashioned way has nothing to do with horse-drawn carriages or gas-lamp lights. Rather, loving someone from a distance can be very appealing to the romantic at heart. Writing long love letters, waiting unpatiently for a romantic reply, and daydreaming all harken back to the medieval days of courtly love.
4. Enjoy the most passionate, bittersweet, romantic, and exciting periods in your life. Long distance relationships can mean tearful hellos and goodbyes, steadfast vows, inspired exchanges of gifts, long stretches of honeymoon-like excitement, many beautiful stay-in-the-moment moments.
5. Reveal many aspects of your inner qualities and interests slowly over time that might not be exposed as readily in a non-long distance relationship.
6. Communication is easier, cheaper, and faster these days. What is your favorite way to talk with someone far away?
7. Travel is easier, cheaper, and faster these days. For instance, have you checked out the mega-travel search engine www.kayak.com for good travel deals?
8. LDR couples enjoy more guidance and support on the internet and in books these days. One of the more practical and well-balanced LDR guidebooks is my own, The Long Distance Relationship Guidebook, which is featured on this site and is sold through most online bookstores.
9. Being part of a long distance twosome means lots of wonderful excuses to stretch yourself in ways that otherwise in close proximity might be difficult. These include generosity of love and spirit, semi-reckless romantic abandonment, honing of verbal and physical expression, and the opportunity to iron out old destructive relationship habits before uniting permanently.
10. You only live once.
