Alan and I celebrated our 30 year anniversary from when we met on Wednesday. That is a lot
of years. Relationships are funny creatures. Always surprising even when as worn in as a 30 year one. Here are a few tiny thoughts I've had this week about the big magic relationships create (I am not just talking about the married kind).
I hope
you enjoy.
1.
Each relationship has its own spirit,
independent yet sourced by those in it. Sometimes the wisdom of the relationship is not what those in it expect. In other words, relationships have their own purpose and life. Shifts and changes will arise unexpected.
2.
The hard parts or the hurtful parts reveal truth as much as the easy parts and healing parts. The hard and hurtful are not fun but they hold truth not able to be seen in another way. Same with the good and easy.
3. Relationships change. Let them. It is their form of breathing.
4.
Good relationships are not perfect but they are honest. Not in the
I-tell-you-everything-in-my-head-all-the-time-I'm-just-being-honest kind ofway. No, not that way. But, in showing up in our goodness and flaws and willing to be with another's full goodness and their flaws. It is also ok if the flaws are not ones you can be with or their goodness doesn't speak to you. This is how we know which relationships are worth the vulnerability required.
30 years is a long time. There has been so much goodness. There have been somany flaws. Our relationship is not good because of perfection Lord knows, but because we have learned and are learning to dance with all of it, tripping and stepping on toes in the gliding, spinning elegance love
brings.
5.
A blessing for your week:
(Plant Ally Cards by Lisa McLoughlin)
May you stay open and true.
Until next time, Sandi
There is
a Muse Meet-Up next Friday, April 28 at 11am PT. Details here.
