{"id":151053,"date":"2010-10-23T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T17:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/how-to-prepare-for-a-deep-relationship\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:47:23","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-a-deep-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/how-to-prepare-for-a-deep-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare for a deep relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

“…I realized that I needed to help a man feel more like a man, rather than wasting my time worrying about whether he IS enough of a man. Part of our work on ourselves, in order to prepare for a deep relationship, is learning how to support another person in manifesting their very best self.” <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

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If this is the lesson of love reaching you now, perhaps the most important thing is to focus your attention on what you want to give, rather than what you want to receive.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that receiving isn’t important, nor that its opposite\u2014rejecting or refusing to support immature behavior<\/a> in the other\u2014doesn’t have its place in a relationship. It simply means that if you trust the principle of synchronicity, giving and support are what matter most for you at this moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“…I realized that I needed to help a man feel more like a man, rather than wasting my time worrying about whether he IS enough of a man. Part of our work on ourselves, in order to prepare for a deep relationship, is learning how to support another person in manifesting their very best self.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[655,705,649],"class_list":["post-151053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-intelligence","tag-the-lessons-of-love","tag-maryann-williamson","tag-relationships"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t