Basketball has gone a long way since its discovery in the year 1891 by James Naismith. Its discovery encouraged several basketball matches and the first official basketball match was at Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School.

But if you want love. Well that’s a different story. Love means naked, raw, honest, exposed, vulnerability. I hear people say, “I need to trust before I become vulnerable” and that is a horrible lie. The only person you need to trust in being vulnerable is you. Shame makes us worry about trust. Why would we be holding back anything if it weren’t for shame. Shame means we are not worthy of love, therefore, we can’t trust ourselves being open and natural and vulnerable. So we seek out people with the same ego issues and open up to them, only because they agree that we are victims.

General tips, advice, and good ideas to keep in mind while you search for your Russian wife.Take this advice to heart so that you avoid many of the common mistakes American and Western men make with Russian (and other foreign) women.

Send ALL correspondence by registered mail. Overland mail to Russia and other CIS countries takes about two to three weeks to arrive from the US first class. I recommend that you pay all the letter-writing expenses of the women you write to, as it is significantly more expensive for them than it is for you as a percentage of their income.

The gift of roses has a history steeped in symbolism and mystery. Learn the meaning behind their colors, and send a more personal message.

There are often bumps in the road to marital bliss, even in the best relationships. Should you stay or should you go?

Lying: Obviously not a trait that one hopes for in a potential mate. Lying: A possible form of mistreatment in a relationship that can have you questioning you own sanity.

Okay, you have had a few hard times, but every one of those times, you've been able to work things out, so why not this time? Did he really love you? Is there someone else?

Find out which questions you should be asking during your roommate interviews. Simply follow 3 easy steps and you'll never have to worry again about being unsure which questions to ask.

None of us will survive in today’s world without the help of our friends. They are the most important things in our lives, next to our family. There are many different types of friends that impact our daily lives. Whether they are your best friends whom you have known since childhood, or recent acquaintances you have just met, they will play a part in your everyday life.

Relationships are fertile ground for learning about our selves. Discover what you can learn about yourself when you are judged or rejected by another.

All of us have had friends from the past that we lost contact with. Whether it is an old classmate, an old boyfriend or girlfriend or an old neighbor, we all have someone we have lost contact with throughout the years. Perhaps it is because you moved away, or changed schools. One day you decide to look at your old pictures or yearbook, and you remember one long lost friend. You decide that you want to get in contact with them again after years of no communication.If this is you, then you may be asking yourself what’s the first step in locating a long lost friend. Today’s advanced information technology will actually make it easy for you to find your friend. There are many websites on the Internet you can go to for help.

We acquire our values from different sources. In the beginning our values are given to us by our parents. Speak truth, help others, do this and don't do that and things like that. After sometime, we get more values in our education.

Having a broken heart is nothing to laugh about. If your heart has been broken in the past (whose heart hasn't, really?) or is broken now, you know exactly what I mean. Besides the depression, all sorts of negative feelings pile up on an already stressed body and not only feel like dying but you might also develop a serious illness that may indeed kill you.

Everyone woman has in her the ability to help her man grow from failure to excellence. In other words, she was built with the necessary components to take his small vision and expand it to something grand.

Relationship Renewal is too often seen as being about how we can get others to change the attitudes and behavior of loved ones towards us. The Secrets of the Pros center on one truth that can quickly change a relationship breakdown into a Relationship Renewal.

What are the facts about infidelity?

Am I completely alone in my view of society or are people actually becoming more rude with each passing day? Read this article and send me your views.

A guide for men in understanding women better.

At some point or another, we have all been there. We end up in toxic relaitonships that undermine our self esteem and cause us to feel self doubt. Just thinking about how to deal with a toxic relationship can be overwhelming. However, if we break down the task into manageable steps, we can step out of what is holding us back and into a position of power.

Men often misunderstand how women award points to their man in a relationship. They think that to really show how much they care for and love their significant other they need to do something really extravagant but little do they know that women pay just as much importance to the little things you do for them.

Today I’d like to introduce you with Elena Davis. She married our client Kevin two years ago. Elena came back to her Motherland, to Kazan for the first time and she has a lot of stories!

We take for granted our role in American culture, but what does it really mean to be an American? How do we define ourselves among world cultures?

Do you have a good relationship? Would you like to make it even better? Here are 7 ways to make a good thing better.