Couples often report greater levels
of intimacy when meaningful affirmations and validations are a regular part of their relationship.
We can regain fulfilling, powerful moments
of intimacy when we cut those strings and erase from our minds the outdated notion that sex must «progress» around the bases.
Not exact matches
Hygge is sometimes translated as «cozy,» but a better definition
of hygge is «intentional
intimacy,» which can happen
when you have safe, balanced and harmonious shared experiences.
But
when we make these investments, it can be easy to overlook the power
of building
intimacy with your customers by delivering world - class customer service like they used to in the old days.
I would love to have that type
of relationship where A) even though they were tired, they made an effort towards physical
intimacy and B)
when it didn't work out, there was no anger or blame, just laugh about it and move on.
I have known one too many single Christians who have struggled with their relationship with God because they are told that God is only one who could fill all
of their longings for
intimacy when all the while God made humanity to be in loving relationship with another.
Most
of them report a closer
intimacy with God and liberty in their walk with Jesus than they claim they felt
when «attending» church.
It was
when the youngster Edward Holloway tried to encourage a «girl who was just a friend» to go to daily Mass that he realised that what he truly desired was not the
intimacy of a purely natural, human friendship but the supernatural friendship
of Christ.
For
when in summer the peasant's horse stands in the meadow and throws up his head or shakes it, surely no one can know with certainty what that means; or
when two
of them who throughout their lives have walked side by side pulling in the same yoke are turned out at night,
when they approach one another as if in
intimacy,
when they almost caress each other by movements
of the head; or
when the free horses neigh to one another so that the woods echo,
when they are gathered on the plains in a big herd as if at a public meeting — assume then that they really could make themselves understood to one another.
Or if you were witness to that lovable young man's beautiful enthusiasm
when he read and heard
of the great men who fought with a heavy destiny and suffered badly in the world, the glorious ones whom earth renounced because it was not worthy
of them, would you dare,
when no clamor caused your speech to wander but
when the stillness
of intimacy,
of the lovable one's confidence, the in experience
of the young man, all obliged you to tell the truth; at such a time would you dare lay your hand on your heart and say, «Such things no longer happen.
When scripture and sacrament meet, people are driven to the
intimacy of prayer and the life
of discipleship.
Friendship is a crucial part
of a flourishing life, but we make friendships harder to form, sustain, or even imagine,
when all
intimacy is eroticized.
Someone might have said,
of course, to deflate the questioner: The Court itself has abandoned the idea
of the right to privacy
when it comes to abortion, sexual
intimacy, and so forth.
Thus I am obliged to say, with H. H. Price, that theism, at least in a Christian sense, is «a metaphysics
of love»; and with this, I am obliged to affirm that «the world», including nature in its farthest stretches as well as in the
intimacy of human existence, is given its proper «interpretation» only
when «the key» to it is found in Jesus Christ.
At the end
of the day, there is no replacing the deep
intimacy that comes
when you are physically, emotionally and spiritually connected to another human being.
Intimacy grows
when conflicts are faced and worked through in the painful but fulfilling process
of gradual understanding and compromise
of differences.
They may not have personal experience
of what other Christians mean
when they talk about «friendship with God,» or
of «
intimacy through mutual ministry in the church.»
When we measure our experience against the promised possibility
of intimacy offered in the New Covenant, we do not feel embraced in such
intimacy, but consigned to disobedience.
When the Vineyard was founded one
of the aspects
of worship that it helped to reintroduce was
intimacy in worship.
It is also a second - chance stage,
when partially unfinished developmental tasks may be completed as a foundation for the life tasks
of the three adult stages —
intimacy (emotional and sexual) in young adulthood, generativity (being a generator or creator) in the middle years, and ego integrity (making peace with life) in the older adult years.
Erikson describes the union
of personalities which is
intimacy when he defines love as «The mutuality
of mates and partners in a shared identity, for the mutual verification through an experience
of finding oneself, as one loses oneself in another.»
The difference is the presence in the vital marriages
of a high degree
of intimacy: But
when the close, intimate, confidential, empathic look is taken, the essence
of the vital relationship becomes clear: the mates are intensely bound together psychologically in important life matters.
I found God in the wilderness, I found
intimacy with Jesus out among the pioneers, I hear the Holy Spirit clearest and best
when I'm a bit outside
of it all.
Intimacy reaches full flower for a couple only
when they have found in, through, and beyond their marriage, a rich measure
of those gifts which the great religions
of the world have made available to men.
Can we really assert that the noble activity
of marital
intimacy which indeed manifests and promotes the unity
of the couple (thereby «making love») is imperfect
when a couple has recourse to it in a manner consistent with their understanding that God's will is that they are not being called to have (more) children at a given point?
Your sense
of connection,
intimacy and oneness as a couple and your rhythm
of when, how and how often you have sex will play a role in all
of this.
Then follows a reconciliation period
when mother and child relate to each other with a new type
of intimacy, a new depth
of appreciation, and a new mode
of interdependence.
When we allow God into our struggles with us, we are still growing in
intimacy with God, even in the midst
of our struggles!
When we focus on fear, rather than on love, we cut ourselves off from the kind
of intimacy that allows us to really rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.
When we are able to see the incredible intricacy
of the act
of sexual
intimacy, we can not but stand in awe
of how we are made.
Letting the child set the pace
of intimacy — being there
when they are needed and not pushing
when they are not needed — this is the parents» job.
The
intimacy between adult child and parents,
when it develops, can have a special quality
of closeness not present in other adult relationships.
When the author recalls the long gallery
of persons whom, in the course
of this inquiry, he has come to know with the impetuous but temporary
intimacy of the stranger — sharecroppers and plantation owners, workers and employers, merchants and bankers, intellectuals, preachers, organization leaders, political bosses, gangsters, black and white, men and women, young and old, Southerners and Northerners — the general observation retained is the following: Behind all outward dissimilarities, behind their contradictory valuations, rationalizations, vested interests, group allegiances and animosities, behind fears and defense constructions, behind the role they play in life and the mask they wear, people are all much alike on a fundamental level And they are all good people.
The host may individually be a compassionate person at times (there are several accounts suggesting the opposite for some broadcasters) but such
intimacy and compassion lack plausibility
when not expressed in specific, spontaneous, interpersonal situations free
of the watchful, editorially corrective eye
of the camera.
It is my source
of joy,
intimacy, and peace,
when I so often feel self - doubt and worry.»
The reason I have waited and the reason I believe God desires for us to wait is because
intimacy is so much sweeter
when it is enjoyed with the person you are meant to spend the rest
of your life with.
Awareness
of aloneness makes more precious the moments
of intimacy which with increasing frequency punctuate a growing relationship — moments
when one feels as though he does not see the other «through a glass darkly, but face to face.»
That has enabled me to actually remain chaste for years because my needs for
intimacy are met through rich relationships with both men and women, which didn't happen
when I was disconnected out
of fear.
When Ambrose, for example, emphasized the importance
of mutual self - disclosure among friends, he did not have in mind our contemporary concern for
intimacy for its own sake.
She never reaches out for
intimacy and
when I did, she would turn her head to the side and cover up as much
of her body as possible.
What I wanted was a feeling
of «we» instead
of «you and I» — an expansion
of the idea
of belonging together — but I'm not sure that's universally understood
when people talk about increasing
intimacy.
when hubby comes in we make time for
intimacy before we go to bed and because my LO went to sleep peacefully and trusts we are there for him,
when he wakes up n the middle
of the night unless sick, he gets himself back to sleep.
But can't understand her lack
of intimacy —
when I try get close she tells me my penis is too big and hurts her.
To women,
intimacy is talking face - to - face — a behavior that probably evolved millions
of years ago
when ancestral females spent their days holding their infants up in front
of them, soothing them with words.
Im 25 and hes 29 we have 2 lil girls and i have adhd as im typing this i havent had sex in two weeks my libido is way overactive to the point if its not every other night i go crazy im depressed all the time because im undersexed and unsatisfied toys do nt work for me its like my body knows the difference and does nt get any pleasure out
of them, i love my fiancee, yup i said fiancee and we have only been together 4 years i do nt find myself attracted to any other man so i do nt want to cheat yet i feel so lonely half the time that i secretly curl up in the bathroom and cry i do nt know what to do i talk to him about it but all he does is complain about his pain from work (he builds trailers) i understand and i try not to bother him but even
when i just want cuddle
intimacy time he'd rather sit in his bean bag chair and drink a beer and vape there are sometimes i feel unwanted yet he assures me he wants me but does nothing about it and whenever i bring up lack o spontaneousness he blames the kids I NEED HELP and release!!!!
Intense questioning and exploration are developmentally appropriate
when young people are sorting out their commitments to the many dimensions
of their lives — their political views, spirituality,
intimacy, work, sexuality.
When you're connected to someone - where love, support, and emotional
intimacy are the foundation - and you're able to be in the presence
of that person, there's a whole measurable physiological response that happens.
It's such a subtle form
of intimacy, but
when our partner really sees us and can say something like, «I know you hate cleaning up after dinner.
It may be the perfect time to re-explore other types
of intimacy: Think back to the time
when you did «everything but» have intercourse.
Whatever the specifics
of your situation,
when you and your partner are not on the same page in the
intimacy department, one
of the most pleasurable aspects
of a relationship — sex — can become one
of the most painful.