Are You a Keeper?

Marriage is a beautiful thing, but in this day and age the divorce rate is unfortunately making it easy to leave/give-up and is discouraging the new generation that long lasting happy marriages do exist! I'm blessed to have great examples of marriage as my parents have been married for 36 years and grandparents have been married for 60 years!  I give thanks for that each day.  Often you hear women say, "there are no good men out there!" or men say, "there are no good women out there anymore". 

Recently, I was at a gathering with several friends.  The group mainly consisted of college educated individuals or professionals ranging from lawyers to engineers to entrepreneurs.  As the night progressed, a group of about 3 ladies (myself included) and about 6 nicely dressed, well educated men began to drift into a conversation on marriage.  One of the ladies blurted out that there are "NO good men anywhere"!  Was she nuts!?!  We were sitting with a group of what she claimed no longer exist.  Maybe they didn't exist because she already spoke it out of her life through her comment.  In addition, if you can make such a statement, be sure that what you are bringing to the table as a women is "good".  Are you a good woman?  A good woman means more then having a good education, good job, great cook and no kids out of wedlock..... Look deeper into yourself and your keeper may find his keeper in you...

A Keeper:

"Never gives in easily, and the standards/requirements start

the moment you open your mouth. See, she understands her

power and wields it like a samurai sword. She commands—not

demands—respect, just by the way she carries herself. You can

walk up to her and give her your best game, and while she may

be impressed by what you say, that’s no guarantee that she’s

going to let the conversation go any further, much less give you

her phone number and agree to give you some of her valuable

time. Men automatically know from the moment she opens her

mouth that if they want her, they’ll have to get in line with her

standards and requirements, or keep it moving because she’s

done with the games and isn’t interested in playing. But she will

also send all the signals that she is capable of being loyal to a

man and taking good care of him, appreciative of what he’s

bringing to the relationship, and ready for love—true, long lasting

love."

--from Steve Harvey's book, Act like a Lady, Think Like a Man

We have to be, that which we want.   We attract what we are...

Weight in?  Your thoughts?