How To Ap`pre´ci`ate Your Partner

Ap`pre´ci`ate

1.) To be grateful or thankful for: they appreciated his thoughtfulness.

· Thank your partner daily for all they do!

· Make a list of 100 things your partner does that you are grateful for and share the list with your partner.

· Identify three things a day that your partner has done that you appreciated and share those before bedtime.

· Tell others how thankful you are for your partner and what they do that makes a difference.

· Leave notes, texts messages and other messages to recognize all they do.

2.) To value or regard highly; place a high estimate on: to appreciate good dinner.

· Ask for their opinion about things and actually follow their advice.

· Take the time to listen to what they are saying.

· Be patient with your partner, open doors, be courteous.

· Respect them in front of the children and teach your children to respect them.

· Imagine that your partner had just been diagnosed with a terminal illness and determine how you would treat them differently. Then live the change!

3.) To be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect: to appreciate the dangers of a situation.

· Be Present!

· Turn off the distractions (cell phones, internet, TV).

· Hold their hand or touch them more when you’re around them.

· Maintain more eye contact with your partner.

· Actively engage and listen in conversations and discussions.

· Ask yourself regularly… “What is the most important thing I can do in this moment to appreciate my partner more?”

4.) To raise in value; to increase in value: property values appreciated yearly.

· Compliment your partner on their strengths and gifts.

· Brag about your partner to others and in front of others and keep doing so until your partner hears about it.

· Share your partner’s life stories and most positive moments with your children and grandchildren.

· Invite them to do what they do best and to share their talents whenever you can.

· Always talk about them in their absence, the way you would talk about them if they were present.