What is the #1 SENSE that will help you in all of your relationships?
1. Sight? — because you want to be observant of your partner and comment on what’s right about them. Dr. Milton Erickson used to tell me the 2 most important skills in all relationships are the abilities to observe and listen.
Can you SEE your partner with “different eyes?”
Can you SEE your partner from a “different perspective?”
Can you SEE your partner beyond their looks and SEE their inner beauty, inner strengths, and inner / authentic self?
How important is the sense of SIGHT in your relationship?
Does it need to grow?
2. SMELL?
3. LISTENING?
4. FEELING?
5. TASTING?
6. INTUITIVE SENSE?….connectedness at a deeper level.
7. SENSE OF ADVENTURE?….willingness to take exciting and intelligent risks together?
8. SENSE OF HUMOR?
YES! Last but not least! Your SENSE OF HUMOR is #1!
This needs to be the foundation of the present and future LOVE of relationships.
People are the only animals that have a SENSE of HUMOR.
You don’t ever see donkey (jack ass) couples laughing.
Only human relationships have the sense of the ridiculous and absurd.
It requires a strong intellect, a great connection with your awareness and the present to have a sense of humor.
On the lower levels of existence, it does not exist. Not even all humans have it.
The people and the their relationships that primarily exist on the lower levels of intelligence are bound to be serious — serious like donkeys (jack asses).
Donkey-like people are very serious, always thinking about serious things and over-thinking and disturbed with all the problems in the world.
Have you ever watched donkeys closely? Pavlov watched dogs. Skinner watched rats. Delgado watched monkeys. Why hasn’t anybody watched the donkeys? They may be closest to human beings – serious, ruled by habits, capable and yet not very trainable, big and not very flexible…and most importantly, whoever heard of a donkey laughing?
All human relationships need to integrate________ into their daily lives, the #1 sense for happiness in all relationships — their sense of humor.
What kind of relationship are you growing in? Donkey or humorous?
If you say donkey, you have to be the donkey that is causing donkey-like relationship experiences.
Now when you look in the mirror (your relationship) and see a donkey — include your other senses….sight (not pretty), sound (not enjoyable), smell (need I say more?), feel (no thank you), taste, (oh my goodness / don’t go there), adventure (for a photograph, maybe), intuition (not much there, either)…..
So, when in doubt, in your relationships, get the giggle back in your life….keep things light, happy, fun and enjoyable.
Otherwise, you may feel like a donkey; (jack ass).
Relationships are the greatest mirrors!
What you see in your partner….
If the ultimate power is the power of choice, I trust you are happy with your choice for your relationship to be donkey and/or human.
You can get the giggle back in your relationship while at the same time letting go of the jack ass (donkey).
You gotta LOVE your SENSE of HUMOR…as often as possible.
Just in case, your SENSE of humor is hiding…and/or what’s right about adding your SENSE of humor…remember the cosmic joke…
YOU ARE, RIGHT NOW IN THIS VERY MOMENT, MUCH MORE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING RELATIONSHIP HAPPINESS. THIS MAY BE MORE TRUE THAN YOU MAY HAVE EVER THOUGHT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
So, who or what is stopping you?
YOU HAVE TO GET THE GIGGLE BACK IN YOUR LIFE…and your relationship.
For further assistance, don’t ask a donkey. Ask yourself! Just wait until you are in a good mood.
You will always find the best answers inside yourself. Your inner true sage is always available!
Don’t even try to imagine your body with a donkey head.
Don’t even try to imagine your head on a donkey body.
This is not an either-or….this is a pick one….donkey relationship or get the giggle back in your relationship.
Hee haw may sound like ha ha but there’s a huge difference. Just ask your partner!
With Love,
Dr. Brian Alman