A Sacred Circle

I have been shown that around every family there is a sacred circle, which should be kept unbroken. Within this circle no other person has a right to come.1NL 95.6

The husband and the wife should have confidence in each other. The wife should keep no secret from her husband and the husband should keep no secret from his wife. Neither should relate family secrets to others. The heart of the wife should be the grave for her husband's faults and the heart of the husband should be the grave for his wife's faults.1NL 95.7

Never should either husband or wife indulge in a joke at the expense of the other's feelings. Never should either one in sport or in any other way complain to others concerning their companion; for frequently indulgence in foolish and what may apparently be harmless joking will eventually become habit, and may end in trial and possibly in estrangement.—Manuscript 21, 1902.1NL 95.8

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