{"id":297,"date":"2011-01-14T11:26:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T16:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaritalarts.com\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2011-02-07T20:33:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T01:33:55","slug":"the-marital-artists-creed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/relationshiparts.com\/?page_id=297","title":{"rendered":"The Relationship Artist&#8217;s Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_305\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-305\" href=\"http:\/\/relationshiparts.com\/?attachment_id=305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-305 \" title=\"Loxa \" src=\"http:\/\/themaritalarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Loxa-Engraving-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Loxa Engraving of Happy Couple\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relationshiparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Loxa-Engraving-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/relationshiparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Loxa-Engraving.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loxa<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>It is my intention to develop myself within my loving partnership, and strive for the highest levels of awareness, compassion and loving action. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will aspire to know myself so that I can transcend the accidents of my birth; and strengthen my self-discipline in order to achieve the fullest actualization of myself and my partner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will never forget that the time we have together is short. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will practice empathic being, patient understanding and loving action so that both my partner and I may grow and flourish together. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I will strive for presence and artistry in the significant and insignificant details of my committed loving relationship. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In times of stress, in times of anger and in times of disagreement, as well as in times of joy and connectedness, I will maintain awareness that we both count all the time. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When there is contention, I will fight lovingly, fairly and respectfully and strive for outcomes that serve us both. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Although I cherish my inner child and will invite him on all of the journeys that my beloved and I undertake, I will not let him &#8220;drive the bus&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Every day I will challenge myself to be creative in order to fill our lives with joy and love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2011 Lawrence Stallman, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly share\">Share:<\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Frelationshiparts.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D297&amp;title=The+Relationship+Artist%E2%80%99s+Creed\" title=\"Bookmark this post : The Relationship Artist&#8217;s 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