As I was pondering what to blog about today, I was talking to my sister, Lacette Cross, so I decided to ask her what I should blog about. She said "maybe just the beauty of new love and how good it is to just take things slow. I think that many of us never 'stop to smell the roses' of love, especially in the beginning when all we're doing is assessing and figuring out either our next defensive or offensive move." It should be clear why she's my sister.... But what she said is so true. I think that in relationships, especially in the beginning, we can have 2 extremes: a chess player who tries to plot the course and figure out the "enemy's" next 8 moves before making one or the blindfolded heart with arms and legs that walks around blindly and unquestioningly into anything. Admittedly, I tend to lean more toward the first, because I'm a thinker and an analytical person. While I try not to plot 8 moves ahead, I do like to be very intentional about my relationships and who is in my life. Though this is not a bad thing, it can get in the way of what Lacette said - smelling the roses of love. Things don't have to be planned out to the nth degree, but we should never go with the flow of a relationship such that we never evaluate or peek around the rose-colored glasses to make sure that reality hasn't slipped to far from where our hearts tell us we are.
Sometimes, things are meant to be deep and hard work will be necessary, but there are times when love is just simple and there... Because of this, I will take the time to simply enjoy all the relationships in my life. I suggest you do the same...
[Thanks to my buddy Lacette. She is also a blogger, and I believe in what she has to say. Visit her virtual mind: http://blkbflymusings.wordpress.com/]
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