“When your spouse, lover, significant other tells you what they want, give them exactly what they ask for. Don’t offer them more or less or a version you think they will like better. Listen carefully, without interference from the voice in your head. Then from love and kindness and sincerity, give them precisely what they ask for. Let them add. Let them take away without any resistance from you. This gives them a voice in the relationship and will inspire them to respect yours.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If you want to measure how authentic your life is, you are not being authentic. Authenticity is not comparison. It is kindness and ease. It is respect for the unique life path of every living thing, which are dramatically different from your own, yet absolutely perfect and ideal and the best possible path for that other life.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“A few behaviors does not make an entire human being. If you focus on limited information, you will have a narrow view of a person or situation. If you turn your attention to authenticity (yours and theirs), you both become new, you both step into the light and a world of endless perspectives unfolds. All one has to do is perpetually concede to ignorance of all the facts, because you never will have them all, in any situation, about anyone.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Hypocrisy breeds disrespect and betrayal; and when you practice it, you become blind to high quality behavior such as integrity and accountability.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If you desire to make your partner jealous, know that you cannot be trusted. Healthy relationships are difficult, because of their simplicity. Trust, love, and respect plainly exist in a wholehearted bond without the need for manipulation or agenda.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“There is no finer attribute, no quality worthy of more respect than the nerve to follow your purest desires – those innate impulses, untainted by the voices of a spouse, your siblings, or parents. Such courage is the essence of perfect joy, an honoring of the invaluable gift of choice, and the world’s children would […]
“The greatest gift you can give a child is to show them how to love who they are. Through your words, your actions and attitude they learn work ethic and integrity, self-esteem and self-worth, love and honor, respect and kindness. They learn how to raise their quality by watching you raise yours.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com