{"id":23970,"date":"2020-02-16T04:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=23970"},"modified":"2020-02-16T04:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T04:30:07","slug":"the-cost-of-a-happy-home-by-ayodele-adeoye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=23970","title":{"rendered":"THE COST OF A HAPPY HOME* by Ayodele Adeoye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When you see a happy couple, don&#8217;t envy them or assume they are lucky to find each other. *There is no happy home anywhere* &#8211; if you see any be sure they were made. *Being a good person or being religious* doesn&#8217;t make a happy home *neither does riches and wealth.* Marrying the *most beautiful woman or the most handsome man* doesn&#8217;t guarantee happiness in marriage either. *Many believers even think marrying another good believer is a sure way to having a happy home but many have been disappointed.*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">What then makes up a happy home? *A happy home is a function of mutual fulfilment derived from mutual selfless commitment to the marital union.* Having a happy home can only be achieved by deliberate efforts and determination of both parties. No matter how much a partner desires a happy home, *it can only happen if the other partner wants and agrees to build a happy home.*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To achieve a happy home, *therefore both parties must first offer themselves as a living sacrifice on the altar of their marriage.* They must deny themselves and be willing to accept their cross.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0*In a happy home, ego and self are buried in the grave of marital bliss.* Partners in a happy home don&#8217;t think too much about themselves but the happiness of their spouse.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0*The journey to a happy home can be initiated by the man or the woman.* This journey starts with *contentment and diligence.* Then it continues in daily *forgiveness and mutual tolerance.*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0*No couple is happy when they continue to look at each other&#8217;s weaknesses or offences.* They can only be happy if they *choose to accept each other&#8217;s* shortcomings and offenses and take their pains and hurts to the Almighty God, instead of romancing with them. Happy couples *don&#8217;t win arguments,* rather, they communicate to achieve a better union.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0*Happy couples don&#8217;t compare their marriage with others,* they are happy and contented with what they have.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Happy homes are not meant for selfish and inconsiderate partners. Happiness is a choice but the price is not cheap. *Only the humble and the broken can buy it.*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The manual for a happy home is not designed by the society or social media. *They are designed by the couple.* The ideal home mustn&#8217;t follow the acceptable trends in the society rather working and practicing what makes the parties happy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You can initiate the journey to a happy home today no matter how far you have traveled in the path of bitterness and unforgiveness. *An unhappy home is the junior sibling to hell fire.* A happy home is a reflection of heavenly bliss. The choice is yours today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*Give Peace a chance in your marriage today.*<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you see a happy couple, don&#8217;t envy them or assume they are lucky to find each other. *There is no happy home anywhere* &#8211; if you see any be sure they were made. *Being a good person or being religious* doesn&#8217;t make a happy home *neither does riches and wealth.* Marrying the *most beautiful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[454],"class_list":["post-23970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-marriages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/relationship.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-6eC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23972,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23970\/revisions\/23972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}