Relationship is spelled TIME

Recently when I attended HAH(Home-Away from-Home) at my church(Koramangala Methodist Church)... we had a session on relationship... This inspired me to write about this topic..and what we have learnt from the session.. that day the facilitator, Mr Ashley narrated an extract from a book called “To a child relationship is spelled TIME” by Anderson and wobbles, which explains what exactly, a day mean to each of us, the difference between adult and a child. An elderly man holds the journal of his once six-year-old son in one hand, in the other his own, and reviews the entries logged on the same day:
Man: “Wasted the whole day fishing with Jimmy. Dint catch a thing”
Son: “Went fishing with dad. Best day of my life”

The way both of them interpreted the time spent together makes us think about the importance we give to people who are the core part of our life…This makes me ponder upon – “How do you define a relationship?” Is it love, care, trust, understanding, forgiveness, sacrifice, support, sharing, assurance that you have someone??? Yea…that’s how I define it…& off course the way each of us perceive things is different...and this makes me think about how important it is to spend time with people…and any relationship requires time, just to be together. If something takes away almost all the time that people can spend together, then the relationship suffers accordingly.

Simply answer these, “Who are the 3most important people in your life?” & “who are 3 people with whom you spend the most amount of time in a week?” Yes… to sustain a relationship, the answers for these two should match. When you look back on the week spent, what do you usually notice??? Most likely there are appointments; your calendar is filled with meetings, that take care of your business… have you ever thought where are your life’s most important people??? Are they given any focused time on a regular basis??? Or are they just a “fit-in” when you have some free time? Most of the time, when we sit and think, we realize that we often simply co-exist with our family members rather than giving attention to them.

Well, if you have/had similar feelings, let me remind you of something all of us already know that we should do, but we usually put off doing: schedule IN the ones you love. So, after reading this, look at your plan for the days ahead & schedule some time for the business of love…