StilettoRambler

Relationship Thieves: FORGET YOU or better yet SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!

This weekend i found myself sitting pretty in a church attending a wedding, but to my surprise, found myself smack in the middle of a message, that well lets just say, was hoping to find me there and hoping i would share.
 
The message of the day, to the soon to be wedded couple was to watch out for relationship thieves as they go about their new journey together as newly weds.
 
Relationship thieves,.... are detractors hiding in plane sight.
 
The speaker went on to talk about how these thieves live in all aspects of relationships, for the long term committed couple staring matrimony in the eye, these thieves come in the form of excuses like:
 
1. "when the times is right"
2 " when we have saved enough money  for a wedding , or a house,
3. Or when the right job arrives, and you can  then be settled..
 
For  already married couples they hide behind:
 
1. "having  a baby"
2. "not having time for each other"
3.  House chores or  simply being tired from work or worse
4.. Expecting that due to that fact that they are married, things should just flow seamlessly"
 
What was further highlighted was that these thieves sole purpose is to steal from the health and the wealth of  the relationship.
 
That true relational health does not reside, in the house your planning on buying, the busy work schedules you have, or the fact that there is never time.
 
True relational health and wealth, is determined by the quality of the time spent with your partner.
The glass of wine at the end of the evening, the Saturday morning hike up the mountain, sharing dinner on a table away from the TV.
 
 and Basically doing the things that you use to enjoy doing with each other, when you first met, and the world throwing tantrums and screaming from the top of her  lungs couldn't stop you from wanting to be with,or spend time with each other.
 
He went on to say that, building a life on what you expect should lead to happiness, like the house, kids, car and paycheck, will eventually leave you stranded in a glass castle with a stranger that  once upon a time was referred to as your partner.

Life is life, time is always being competed for,  and real life relationships, weather romantic or platonic aren't  a one and a half hour long Hollywood script.

But with knowledge comes awareness, so be mindful of the relationship thieves in your life.

Recognise them, stare them in the eye, tell them to shut the front door and choose to protect  your relationships health and wealth.

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