People who need people

Have you ever thought about why we're attracted to the opposite sex? Is it just to propagate the species? I wonder if maybe we're drawn to each other to try to overcome our baser instinct to be selfish. To drive us to need each other despite the difficulties of being together. Ultimately, maybe we are being encouraged to learn to accept each other in all our human frailties and find a common thread to build on. To see each other as more alike than different. Maybe the tradition of marriage and lifelong partnership is to present us with opportunities to work out our issues with another in an up close and personal situation that most other relationships don't provide. We gravitate to those that are like us. Differences make us uncomfortable. It requires us to overcome our fears and look beyond the surface of a person. Think how hard it is to live with someone. Family or not, it's never easy as you make your way through life. My friends and I have realized that we are presented again and again in our lives with the same circumstance or situation. We feel it's a lesson we must learn but often are mystified by what exactly it is we are supposed to do differently this time. Sometimes I feel like I am just being thick-headed.

Somewhere God is laughing at me.

I listen, I look, I wait for an answer. Then I decide the heck with it! I'll just wait for that kick in the butt. We've come to agree that if we coast and don't follow a path in the right direction: service to others, love in action, tolerance, etc, that we'll always get a firm message to get us back on track. So many distractions keep us from listening well. To ourselves, and to others. We miss out on some important things and we fail to act even when it occurs to us that we need to. I try to use that as my guide. If it crosses my mind, I try to do it right away before the notion gets lost. Maybe we just need to keep trying. Moving forward even if it seems like we're not making much progress. Just try. I like it. Not as daunting as that command to "just do it". I can try. Most of us can manage that. Such a small word that means so much. Try. Has a nice ring to it, huh?