The Make-Up of Relationships

Relationships are the sum of the little everyday things.

Sure, the big events are exciting – the flutters on the first date, the passion as newly weds, those special days, like birthdays and anniversaries and all the remembering and celebration of your life together.

But those special times are not what a relationship is made up of. It is instead those mundane moments, and the interactions with each other as we live day in and day out together.

If we spend our everyday moments getting aggravated with each other, or expecting the other person to do what we could do ourselves, or simply seeing their faults and thinking about them, or even pointing them out, the relationship is going to feel like a constant battle.

But if you make an effort to be kind to your partner, to do what you can to make their life easier, or speak your appreciation of all they do and flirt in the kitchen as you pass each other, marriage can be a little slice of heaven.

Those little moments – taking ten seconds to say goodbye before work, always kissing each other good night, saying thank you for something they have done, smiling at each other – these seemingly small things are what makes a marriage beautiful in the every day, and add up to a relationship full of trust, and love, and peace, and contentment.

We each have a choice with our everyday moments. Choose wisely.