I'm sure you remember the swings. As soon as the bell went off, they were everyone's first priority. Especially considering that you KNEW that if you didn't book it there, you've lost your chance for the day's fun. Swings were (and still are) incredible.
I was driving home last night, just thinking about life, when I realized something extraordinarily simple, yet (to my knowledge) true: relationships are like the swing set.
Sounds strange - let me explain. As an experienced swinger (keep it clean), I understood the terms used when certain events occurred on the swings. My main example is the term "married." Once myself and the person swinging next to me were perfectly in sync, our automatic response was to shout, "WE'RE MARRIED!!"
Interestingly enough, this tends to be how relationships work. When you and another person are to be perfectly in sync with one another (and actually enjoy it), a solid relationship is formed. Seems simple enough.
Uh oh. Crisis. You're not the same person. You will get out of sync. It starts slowly, then becomes more dramatic and, next thing you know, you're not "married" anymore. Considering that (at least on the playground) the longer you're married with someone, the better swinger you are (again... keep it clean), we would do everything in our power to stay in sync. As soon as we became out of sync, we both made incredible efforts to get back in sync as soon as possible. We had to change the way we were moving and thinking so that we could get back on track. The earlier we caught ourselves, the faster we got back into a "marriage" that all the other kids on the playground wish they had.
I feel like we underestimate the wisdom that can be found in the simple way children think. It's important to understand that everyone has knowledge to share, whether it be the 87 year-old couple sitting in Starbucks or the seven year-old girl who loves being married on the swings.
Proverbs 5:18 _ May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
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