... and keep it healthy. Some effective ways to communicate include accentuating the positive and leaving out criticism, putdowns or blaming. Using statements that begin with "I" help us take responsibility for our feelings and become useful strategies for good communication. Replying with empathy responses is also helpful, but most of all it is important to stay calm and listen to one another ... . A good relationship requires our positive emotions to outweigh our negative emotions by five to one. Various positive emotions can include conversation, concern, appreciation, fun and sex. Since ...

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... missed him while he was away. She believes in God; so therefore; her seeing all the evil going on in brings her down, (in her poem "Upon the Burning of Our House"); but she reminds herself that God will take care of her and that there is better gifts in heaven and no one can destroy that. She had a strong faith....

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