Some men and women (sorry ladies!) are like simple farmers. A simple farmer will be standing on good soil, warm and rich, deep beneath their feet ready for planting, but the simple farmer refuses to work the land. If you know anything about farmers you should know that they know their land and what they don’t know they spend time with it, look for changes, watches how it responds to certain things. They have a relationship with their land. Sounds weird but it is true. Hey you with the dirty mind! Stay on the clean side of the street there buddy! lol
A friend told me a few days go that relationships should be easy, there should be no work. What! I agree to a certain extent. A relationship with someone should not be some laborious call of duty that you check in for day in and day off. Oh no – I am running away like Forrest Gump from that. There is however, a certain kind of work that doesn’t seem like work at all….there is a quiet joy of getting to know someone and growing to love them more and more everyday. The work should be fun with things like making dinner together, Redbox nights, late night phone calls, random good mornings texts, trips to the museum, or just people watching at the local shopping center. It should also be a healthy balance of being a part and just being you sometimes….that will make the time you spend together so much more special.
Sadly, people don’t want to take the time to experience the magic of two hearts opening up to each other. It doesn’t happen overnight, it happens over time. Time is the sealant between each moment and lays a foundation for what will hopefully be a lifetime of love, traditions, and memories.
Don’t be a simple farmer….if you have someone that you know is “good soil”, it might tender well to explore and create opportunities to see what type of harvest you could make together. So often we gravitate toward people who we have that “connection” with right away. I just don’t want a connection, I want a masterpiece, built over time and strong enough to withstand that storms of life.
