Things That Will Help You Know You Are Marrying the Right Person

Walking down the aisle with the person you love and cherish most is fantastic to happen in your life. You will exchange vows with someone who means a lot to you. What makes it even better is that you will spend the rest of your life together. Couples can also make a beautiful family together.

Tips for Staying Happily Married

Some marriages last merely days, yet others last for decades. What is the secret for a happy marriage? You might be able to find it in the following tips for staying contently married with the least amount of conflict:

Learn to Talk and Confide in Each Other

Above all, you must be able to communicate with your spouse without a problem. If you plan to spend your whole lives together, talking is important. In a while, your spouse could be the only person you have to confide in with. He or she should be the person you tell about your hopes, dreams and fears. If you can’t, the marriage simply won’t work.

Letting Go Of Things That No Longer Bring You Joy

Sometimes we hold onto things that instill no good feelings in us at all. These can be anything from material objects to emotions. We may hold onto them out of guilt, because of sentimental value or simply because we don’t know how to let them go. Today I’m going to try and help you alleviate some of the burdens you may be carrying. Here’s some inspiration on how to let go of things that no longer bring you joy.

How Learning to Compromise Has Helped Me Have a Happier Marriage

By Nkem Akinsoto

Atala and I had a shortish and mostly online relationship before getting married, as some of you may already know. He was in the United States and I was in Edinburgh, and he visited only 3 times before we got married after dating for just about 6 months. I want to add that before then we'd known each other for over a year online, and had corresponded as friends for about 6 months before we started dating. But that may not have much to do with this post I'm writing, or does it?

After getting married, we soon found out that marriage can be very complicated. I've heard people who say the first year of marriage is the toughest, however, ours was mostly filled with happy moments, and added to the happiness we both already had in each other, separately and together. In that first year, having date nights at home all the time, and going out regularly was one handy trick I used :)

Pope Francis Shares His Top 10 Secrets To Happiness

"Live and let live" is number one of the top 10 tips for having more joy as issued by Pope Francis as part of his recipe for a happy, more fulfilled life.

The Pope drew on his personal experiences to come up with his own lifestyle guide with a humble, non-materialistic ethos while speaking in an interview published in the Argentine weekly “Viva”.

The highlights include a call to families to “turn off the TV when they sit down to eat", and to focus less on preaching, and more on living by example. The Pope believes that the church grows “by attraction, not proselytising”.

Read below for Pope Francis’s secrets to happiness

10 Ways to Improve Your Marriage While You're Still Single

By Paul Carrick Brunson

The best time to work on your marriage is before it even begins. (Yes, really!) If you are single, here are 10 things you can do in the present to prepare for a strong future.

Couple Love - The Oldest Married Couple Share Marriage Wisdom

John and Ann Betar have been married now for over eighty years, and according to the husband, John, says the key to their long and happy marriage is to always agree with your wife :)

10 Ways To Find The Happy Place In Your Life

By Cupid Blogger

A couple of years ago, I woke up one morning and had a great realization in my life. During the past few years, I had my ways putting my life in great danger – the danger of wasting my entire life. What made me say so? I just realized during that time that I wasn’t happy in life.