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Building my Relationships with my Roommates


The real title of Elder Bednar's article is "Building My Eternal Marriage" but since I need to liken the article unto myself, I tweaked it a little bit.  Allow me to demonstrate
Some of the things we have done to have a strong, happy marriage are:
  1. Pray together every day. When we pray at night, we thank Heavenly Father for our marriage, for the love we have for each other  [relationship], and we ask that our feelings will be strengthened and that we can become strong individually in the face of the designs of the adversary, who works to destroy families [relationships].
  2. Ask for forgiveness. We work to never allow pride to keep us from asking for forgiveness or admitting we are wrong. Love and unity are more important than who is right or who is wrong.
  3. Never speak evil of each other. It is obvious that neither of us is perfect, but we don’t say bad things about each other, and when we’re with others, we speak positively about each other.
  4. Defend the institution of marriage. Whenever we have a chance—and especially if we are around people who are criticizing the institution of marriage—we stand up for families and what we believe in.
  5. Talk a lot and listen. We stop what we are doing to really listen when the other person is talking.
  6. Treat each other with love and consideration. We do not insult, accuse, or criticize each other.
  7. Continue to seek help and counsel about marriage [our relationships] from the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. We do not know everything. We are imperfect and prone to forgetting and making mistakes. We prefer not to wait for problems to afflict us, but instead we work to build a strong marriage [relationship] before a situation can hurt us.

Info Source: Sept. Ensign 2011
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