PERDEV LOVE

• Commitment


  A person obliged him/herself to dedicate his/her time to someone or in doing something
• Attraction


  It is the feeling or state of liking or falling for someone or something that provided pleasure on your part
• Intimacy


  It is the act of being very familiar or a special kind of attachment with the company of someone
• Partnership


  It is a sort of arrangement between two people sharing the same feelings and responsibility
• Love

  It is an abstract thing that is meant to be shown through different means and is one of the key elements in any kind of relationship
• Importance of Relationship

  • Lead us to make healthy relationships
  • Help us see our potential
  • Boost our confidence
  • Give you a sense of direction
  • Clear our life goals and aspirations
  • Build a beautiful person within you
• How to Become Responsible in Relationships

  1. Mutual Respect

  2. Value Quality Time

  3. Trust and Honesty

  4. Well-Communicated Love

  5. Reliability and Security

  6. Non-judgmental Listening and Presence
• In the Family Code of the Philippines, the husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support, and the spouses are jointly responsible for the support of the family. It is their right and duty to manage the household.
• Mutual Respect

  "Do unto others what you would want others to do unto you." This may be simply interpreted by the famous line "Respect begets respect".
• Value Quality Time

  Quality time with your loved ones may mean learning to love them more. Being a better individual means having a good perspective and that is able to make sound decisions. Optimism and jolliness can surely nurture anyone's relationship and turn it to be the best gift one could ever receive in his/her lifetime.
• Trust and Honesty

  It is through genuine trust that person feels a sense of belongingness and a feeling of being loved. Trust is the heart of all relationships. Keep in mind that trust will not be visible without honesty, as honesty shall not come without trust.
• Well-Communicated Love

  Open communication is one of the most essential elements for any kind of relationship to keep it going. A tap on a shoulder, a kiss on a cheek, a very encouraging smile, a simple hug, may just be some of the most genuine and sincerest ways of expressing your love towards one another.
• Reliability and Security

  A hand that is ready to help would definitely make someone feel he/she is well-taken care of by someone. This feeling would also develop a sense of responsibility since he/she would be aware of his/her attitude and behavior for he/she is being looked upon.
• Non-judgmental Listening and Presence

  Sincere listening is also a kind of expressing how genuine you communicate your love and affection to someone special to you. Listening with a high value of integrity indicates your presence which is non-judgmental and not discriminatory.
• No matter what words we use to express the key factors that will make a healthy relationship, do not forget that it always takes two to tango. For a relationship to grow and become successful, parties involved should take their own sets of responsibility.
• Legacy


  Heritage passed from ancestors, generation to generation, such as culture, traditions, and customs
• No matter who we are, where we live, we have one thing in common—heritage
• Heritage


  Transferred to us by our parents, whether good or bad, can be passed to us socially, emotionally or spiritually
• Emotional legacy


  • Provides a safe environment in which deep emotional roots can grow
  • Fosters confidence through stability
  • Conveys a tone of trusting support
  • Nurtures a strong sense of positive identity
  • Creates a "resting place" for the soul
  • Demonstrates unconditional love
• Social legacy


  Children need to learn the art of relating to people--the art of socialization
• Key building blocks of children's social legacy

  • Respect, beginning with themselves and working out to other people
  • Responsibility, fostered by respect for themselves, that is cultivated by assigning children duties within the family, making them accountable for their actions, and giving them room to make wrong choices once in a while
  • Unconditional love and acceptance by their parents, combined with conditional acceptance when the parents discipline for bad behavior or actions
  • The setting of social boundaries concerning how to relate to God, authority, peers, the environment and siblings
  • Rules that are given within a loving relationship
• Spiritual legacy


  As spiritual beings, we adopt attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one person or another
• Five things that predict whether children will receive the spiritual legacy a Christian parent desires

  • Acknowledge and reinforce spiritual realities
  • View God as a personal, caring being who is to be loved and respected
  • Make spiritual activities a routine part of life
  • Clarify timeless truth — what is right and wrong
  • Incorporate spiritual principles into everyday living