Alligators in Evening Dress
Author: David Robert Ord

The idea that you run out of steam romantically and passionately the longer you’re in a relationship is based on a false notion of what love is.

What many of us think of as ecstasy in the early days of a relationship is just dipping our toes in an ocean of pleasure. It’s like someone who can't swim and who, after paddling around at the water's edge, dries off and never ventures into the deeps where the wonders of aquatic life lie hidden from a shoreline view.

The real excitement isn't the surface thrill of the first phase of a relationship, but is found in depths few ever plumb.

The most rapturous feelings aren't experienced in the courtship phase. They are possible only after the letdown, beyond the disappointment from which most of us never recover.

When two people achieve fulfillment, it has little to do with how long they dated, communication skills, age differences, or techniques in the bedroom. It has much more to do with how well they know themselves. It has to do with whether they've come to terms with their alligator--the part of them that reacts to their partner––and found a deeper self from which to live and love.

This book asks you to face up to the fact you didn't grow up with sufficient ability to truly be yourself. It invites you to tame your alligator, so you can relate from your deepest essence and connect with your soul.

Unless you experience real connection with your partner, the thrill of being with another is bound to wane. But when you truly connect, romance and passion don't lessen, they intensify. If you're both becoming increasingly true to yourselves and connecting from this more mature sense of yourselves, the best is what comes last.

And the really good news is: it doesn’t take both of you to bring the change you want. It takes just one of you daring to be true to yourself!

ISBN/SKU: 0974588261

ISBN Complete: 978-0-9745882-6-1