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IN RELATIONSHIPS, WE GENERALLY JUDGE
•OTHERS BY THEIR ACTIONS.
•OURSELVES BY OUR INTENTIONS.

CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN INTENTIONS AND ACTIONS
1)IF YOU THINK SOMETHING GOOD, SAY IT.
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince's daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman's hands. Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies. Your breasts are
•SPEAK WORDS OF ADMIRATION, AFFECTION, AND AFFIRMATION.
The tongue has the power of life and death…
•WHEN YOU DON’T TELL THEM SOMETHING GOOD, THEY GENERALLY ASSUME SOMETHING BAD.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses.
'acar (aw-sar'); to yoke or hitch; to bind, to harness, a prisoner put in bonds.
Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit. I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.’
I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me.
teshuwqah (tesh-oo-kaw'); an animal consuming another.
2)IF I THINK SOMETHING SPECIAL, DO IT.
•PURPOSEFUL TIME.
Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages.
Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded…there I will give you my love.
•THOUGHTFUL ACTS.
The mandrakes send out their fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, both new and old, that I have stored up for you, my lover.
3)IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BE IT.
If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me...