"It's important to have mutual goals and make a plan to reach them, together." — Dawn and Matt Lunde, married 25 years, Lakeville, MN.
You'll be surprised how many marriages miss this. Again there are three people in every relationship and or marriage - YOU, ME, and WE. More often than not we plan for YOU and ME and expect WE to somehow catch its own plan. Well, the same old adage applies. "Not planning is planning to fail." So, what happens? YOU and ME grow, but grow apart. Why? They neglected or took for granted WE.
You need not reinvent the age-old worn wheel. Plan for not just YOU and ME. Plan for WE. Where do we want to be at the end of this year, next year, 5, 10, 20 years' time? You need to envision the future of the WE, so WE can begin today to live (work) it out. If WE don't do it, no one else will. And, guess who will suffer? The WE of course. And, you don't want that. Right?
There is no limit to the paradise WE can work out for your marriage and or relationship. Whatsoever the WE can imagine, the WE can have. The challenge is that WE take the time and effort to imagine and desire. The rest is the miracle of creation. A healthy, life-giving, and sustainable marriage and or relationship is never an accident. It is a result. The WE brings it to birth.
Hoping this helps.
The Saint.
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