20/12/2024
Love That Grows! PT 2
All living things must grow, or they will die. Thus, all living things must grow, adapt, evolve, or die. If your relationship is alive, its is not exempt from this law. Your love, relationship or marriage must grow lest it dies. The death of a relationship is either a breakup or divorce and to keep either at bay you must grow your relationship, allow your love to grow, adapt and evolve.
Stunted growth is a result of malnutrition, possible infections or some deficiency. When your relationship is not growing, feels like you at the same place or level you were six months ago or a year ago, it simply means it is in deficiency of what makes relationships grow.
To nurture a strong relationship, focus on these three elements:
1. Time and Effort:
o Quality Time: Prioritize spending quality time together.
o Mutual Effort: Both partners should contribute to the relationship's growth, do things for each other and seek the happiness of your partner.
2. Wisdom:
o Informed Decisions: Use wisdom to make sound decisions as a couple, use wisdom in how you treat your partner and respond to them in any situation.
o Problem-Solving: Apply wisdom to resolve conflicts and avoid future problems.
3. Relationship Goals:
o Shared Vision: Discuss and align on short and long-term relationship goals.
o Milestone Planning: Set specific milestones, like engagement, marriage, and family introductions, goals for the year, what to achieve in 5 years, dream together, etc.
By investing time, wisdom, and shared goals, you can cultivate a lasting, fulfilling and ever-growing relationship.
