Valentine's Day is coming. Across the country many people will be purchasing roses, flowers, candy, jewelry and other nice gifts for their significant other. Some people have planned a romantic weekend that include a get a-way at a nice hotel with reservations at a classy restaurant. Others will wait for the last minute and run to the convenience store to grab a box of chocolates on the way home. Some poor souls are so far in the dog house right now that no amount of candy, or roses on February 14th will be of any help.
For too many of us Valentine Day, Christmas, and birthdays are the only time we invest in the relationship we have with these people we say we appreciate, value, and mean the world to us. Each day of the rest of the year is spent maintaining the relationship by just going through the motions. You do what you do, they do what they do, like two cogs in a machine. Choirs are done, bills are paid, children are taken to and from school, food is prepared, weeks start, weeks end, and the process repeats itself.
Days go by, months go by, and some times years go by, and each of you reminisce for the energy, effort, and passion that you shared at the beginning of the relationship.
Cars require gas to be driven,but even with gas only eventually they will breakdown without the required maintenance, care and attention. Relationships are alive and they require intentional investments that allow them to grow. Relationships are dependent on actions that breathe positive air into them. The people in relationships have emotions and feelings that blossom and bloom like flowers when showered with words of sunshine. The hearts within relationships pump with passion when they are showered every so often with appreciation and compassion.
Even without difficult challenges such as cancer and infidelity the normal wear and tear of life takes a toll on individuals and their relationships. Our relationships are a lot like plants. Relationships start as only seeds and grow when we invest in them. When we stop investing in our relationships with intentional actions the roots of the relationship that are unseen get stifled. The unseen roots are like a person's deep emotions,but they affect what happens to the leaves of the plant above the dirt and the actions of the individuals in the relationship that are seen daily.
Intentional actions that purposely recognize the appreciation of those we value is required. These Intentional actions are needed before and after Valentines Day, not just on anniversaries, and not just on birthdays. We must be intentional when it comes to the growth of our relationships, or we will find ourselves just existing in them. If we are just content on driving our relationships like cars, and are too busy to stop for gas, we will eventually drive the relationship until it stops or the engine burns up.
What is your growth plan for your relationship ?
How do you plan to invest in your valuable relationships throughout 2016 ?
Are you ready to spend less time on something else in order to spend more quality time investing in your relationship ?
Do you value your relationship to invest in it to make it last ?
Join me and Tramaine Crawford as we present The 15 Laws of Growth webinar based on the book of the same title by John C. Maxwell that will assist you, your career and your relationships grow.
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