I went to a memorial this week. A friend passed away suddenly; a shock to us all, but to none more than to his bride of twenty-some years. My heart went out to this brave woman and her three children who watched her life change dramatically without any warning. She told me that it was all so surreal—that one day he was laughing and telling her a story that made her laugh so hard she was crying, and the next day she was watching him curl up in a fetal position, and then he was gone. Just like that.

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“Sometimes it just takes that one extra step to make a world of difference.”
LoVe LuCy
Our lives, made up of so many moments, can have us flustered, as much as feelings faithful that all is well.

We know, from personal experience, that when we have days where we worry of the “what ifs”, the next will come where we feel we just seems to effortlessly “know it all!”

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Why do women love bad boys? We constantly complain about men who never return phone calls, flake on dates, and treat us like red headed step children, but we continue running back into their arms or become giddy when they actually do decide to call. Is it because we love the chase? When in actuality these men aren’t spending much time chasing you if they barely give you any attention. Why do we live in a world where drama is easier to find in a relationship than plain ol’ happiness? More importantly, why do we love bad boys so much?

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All couples fight. This is only normal. The ability to maintain a happy, healthy relationship however will be lost if you fight to be “right”. What do I mean by this? We have all heard the expression: “You can win the battle but lose the war”. Well this is what happens when we fight with our eye focused on winning the battle at all costs. We are relentless in the heated exchanges with our partner until we get them to admit we were “right” about whatever issue we are arguing about – and they are “wrong”. And now you think you have won, right? Not so fast.

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Have you gotten a ton of forwarded emails from your friends and you just feel so annoyed by them? However, once in a while you get a really good one that cheers you up when you feel down. I usually read my forwarded emails on Mondays, so I can super charge starting my week. Today I received a forwarded email from a good friend of mine and I took the time to read it. I thought this was a nice piece and I definitely benefited from reading it. So then I thought why not to share all my great forwarded emails that can possibly help a lot of other people with the readers on our site? So here you go!

And if you get any great forwarded emails from your friends that you think it will benefit people, be the first to submit it to us at lovedetourinc@gmail.com.  You won’t have to worry about not having 10 friends to forward it to and having bad lucks for the rest of your life! If you really enjoyed it like I did, please forward it to your freinds so they can benefit from it too!

This is something we should all read at least once a week!

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“My Job Works For Me!” – Lucy Smiles

Waking up Monday morning can be extra hectic; or extra special depending on how we look at it.

We have a whole new week ahead of us and a whole new list of things to accomplish.

For many, the stress of starting the week, and jumping into the work can leave us drained, and at a loss of enthusiasm.

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There are key points in life that can bring happiness into your life.  The following are what I would call the “key three”.

I often ask myself this when I hear the ridiculous question or statements that people say to each other; whether it be your spouse, fiancée, mother, sister, brother, friend, etc.  You know what I am talking about too.  You just wake up, you feel horrible; perhaps coming down with the flu, you didn’t sleep well and as you walk into the kitchen to make a cup of coffee, your husband says, “Good morning. Oh, honey, you look sick”.  Hmmm, just what you wanted to hear, right???  Why couldn’t he have just said “good morning” and leave it at that??

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Grrrr…

I read He is just not that into you when it first came out. My initial reaction after the first few chapters was. Okay, yeah that’s not too bad but I kept waiting for solutions to problems but they never came. The next chapter had another pathetic story, with the author arrogantly ripping into the sad girl. After a few paragraphs of beratement and general cynicism the author ends with DRUM ROLL!! “He’s just not that into you,” I kept thinking that there has got to be more substance to this book! But one more bad story with the same message “he’s just not that into you…” I felt my frustration rise like I did with the book Skinny Bitch (decent book but why swear for swearing sake??). I would have thrown it across the room if it wasn’t in audio and I didn’t want to break my iPhone. (granted there is nothing wrong with one message, as long as it is profound. Power of Now was an amazing book and the concept is so difficult that it needed repeating)

It is part of slang now! no!!!

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You are unhappy in your relationship. You spend all your time telling anyone who will listen just how unhappy you really are. You have immersed yourself in the “unlucky in love” club.  Newsflash – if you continue to think about your relationship in these negative terms and emotions, that is exactly what you will continue to have, unhappiness and lack of love and romance in your relationship.

 What I am referring to is how a negative mindset gets in the way of the relationship you want and deserve.  The romance and intimacy needed for the relationship you want has been sidelined and replaced with a never-ending vision and belief in an unhappy relationship where your thoughts, energies and feelings are wrapped up in a tangled knot of ugly emotions and negativity which make up your current mindset.

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The first time I was exposed to the concept of complete responsibility was through Brian Tracy an amazing business/self improvement speaker. In a nut shell Brian would corner the listener and explain “you are responsible for what you have in life, not your parents, not the government, YOU.” This concept was not that strange since I already believed I was very much in charge of my life. However, the level of responsibility Brian was asking me to take I didn’t quite understand. I always felt that much was just luck of the draw; that it was not my fault if my boss was an ass or my girlfriend cheated. I thought the world was just full of jerks and I was unlucky enough to run into them periodically.

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