Spouses should offer love freely, appreciate each other's good qualities, and cultivate mutual respect.
Draft interpretation · MH 361.2
Original passage
Let each give love rather than exact it. Cultivate that which is noblest in yourselves, and be quick to recognize the good qualities in each other. The consciousness of being appreciated is a wonderful stimulus and satisfaction. Sympathy and respect encourage the striving after excellence, and love itself increases as it stimulates to nobler aims.
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