Part One: Family Life
control them until they become slaves to it. Because kilesa
affects good habits, our family's health and stability depends
on training ourselves to:
1. Control the bad habits within ourselves and prevent
them from influencing others;
2. Resist the temptations of drinking alcohol, gambling,
lazy work habits, interpersonal power struggles,
harmful night life and exotic entertainment.
If we practice self control in these areas, then our family's
interpersonal relationships will be more stable, and our own
personal minds will strengthen. By doing this, we will increase
the chances of stabilizing our financial situation. If everyone in
our family can teach themselves to have "endurance" in these
areas, then everyone's individual habits will improve and the
family's financial situation will stabilize. Good people will be
in our life and unhealthy people will stay away!
CAGA: Sacrifice
Sacrifice means Charity and it means Compassion!
We need to be willing to sacrifice material objects, comfort,
and our own emotions. Sacrifice within the family means
being generous and it means placing our own family ahead
of ourselves. This is not an easy thing to do! Our marriage
is dependent upon the sacrifice that we and our partner are
willing to give to one another. If there is no sacrifice, then
our family environment cannot be supportive. If our family
does not practice charity and compassion for the benefit of
one another and instead takes advantage of each another,
our family will disintegrate. In other words, as a family, we
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Four Keys to Avoiding Marriage Problems