2. Do not abuse your body with excessive food, tobacco, drink, or any foreign substance that goes into your arm or up your nose.

3. Remember that cleanliness is a virtue.

4. Willingly share all of your wordly goods with your mate.

5. Do not forget to say, "I love you." Even though your love may be constant, your spouse needs to hear those cherished words often.

6. Remember that the approval of your spouse is worth far more than the adoring glances of a hundred strangers, so be true to him or her, and forsake all others.

7. Permit neither your business nor your hobby to make you a stranger to your spouse. The most precious gift you can give is time.

8. Keep your home in good repair, because out of it come the joys of old age (not to mention its resale value).

9. Forgive with grace, because who among us does not need to be forgiven?

10. Honor the Lord your God every day of your life, and your children will grow up to bless you.

    

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