It happened again! I was enjoying an evening with my little 2-yr. old son at
playground when, BAM, it happened. You ever have one of those moments in life when you know you are being taught an important lesson?
Picture in your mind a chaotic atmosphere of over fifty little children battling for their turn to play on a handful of playground rides and objects.
Recipe for disaster, huh? That's what I thought, too, until my observations quickly picked up something else.
Sure, they were running into one another, crying and trying to get ahead of each other for rides. They were walking across other children who had fallen down in front of them and were pushing one another to get their turn. They were running to their parents for comfort after getting their feelings hurt.
As I stood there taking in scenery before me, those little blessings of life showed me some important lessons about relationship success. If you will indulge me a moment, I will share with you what I found out.
Relationship Success Lesson #1 - The Principle of Fun:
Not much to say here! It's simple; these kids loved to have fun.
In adult relationships, life throws curves at us constantly. Responsibilities come at us from every angle. It takes conscious effort to remember to have fun together in life. I emphasize word, "together". I'm not talking about type of fun where husband plays golf and wife shops.
The "heavy" takes it toll on relationships, and we do well when we give our relationship a time-out from heavy and lighten up. Couples who play together, stay together.
Relationship Success Lesson #2 - The Principle of Fascination:
As I stood there watching, it was interesting to see how younger children reacted to older kids. It didn't take much observance to see that they were taken by and fascinated with them.
Fascination! While it is not a word often associated with relationship success, if you want thriving relationships, you may just want to give it some precedence.
