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Navead and I went back to California this weekend for a couple's retreat at Bosch. The theme of the workshop was "Pure Gold Marriage" and it was largely about communication and character development as parts of healthy, functioning relationships. The emphasized idea is that marriage is not just about being in love and maybe having a family, it is about the personal growth. In the Baha'i Faith as well as in other religious traditions, developing virtues or character qualities such as trustworthiness, justice, patience, kindness, generosity, compassion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-discipline and so on is one of the primary purposes of life. Naturally, marriage is one of the most intense forums for developing such qualities because it is difficult to live so intimately with another person and experience all the ups and downs with them. However, if a couple can manage to practice those character qualities with each other and look first at their own shortcomings, they
My current reading list... Blink by Malcolm Gladwell The Marketing Plan by William Cohen The Complete Idiot's Guide to Marketing by Sarah White Purple Cow by Seth Godin Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations by Kotler and Andreasen The Brand Mindset by Duane Knapp and The Absorbant Mind by Maria Montessori Anybody want to hazard a guess what I'm doing this semester?
A little back story... Navead proposed in June on a swing set where I had once told him that I would likely marry him in response to a question that was meant to determine whether I would like to try and swing in unison. We walked right up to that same swing set, the night after we had talked about getting married, and I still didn't see it coming. I even stepped on his line in referring to our previous puny conversation, but he managed to ask anyway, and I said yes. In the Baha'i Faith, however, a couple needs to obtain consent from all living parents before they get married. This has proved a stumbling block because his father, noting that we had only been dating seven months at the time, told us that he wanted us to take more time so that he could get to know us and so that we could continue improving our knowledge of each other. I would be lying if I said that I was happy about this response at the time or that abiding by it has been easy, but there was wisdom in it. When I