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Youthful Energy |
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| Think about how you looked at the world when you were young. There were endless possibilities. It was exciting. The world was your oyster. Life was an adventure. But somewhere along the line, people tend to lose this outlook when they get older and enter into long-term relationships.
Joy, happiness, and harmony are youthful energies. Boredom, depression, or disharmony are aged ones. Your body may age, but that doesn’t mean your spirit has to. A 75 year old man can be more youthful and alive than a 25 year old man if his attitude is positive and exciting.
When you are youthful, you are more adventurous, and as a result, you experience more aliveness. Young people typically take more risks. They feel immortal. But it’s that attitude that makes our lives worth living. If you allow yourself to become old in spirit (even if you are youthful in chronological age), you begin to let fear drift into your existence. You start to settle for security, comfort, and predictability instead of growth opportunities.
Not only does this happen to individuals, it also happens to relationships. In the beginning, the people are in love, they think they are invincible, and they feel as if they are walking on air. That is youthful energy. But as the relationship progresses, they find themselves stagnating and sliding into boredom. That is old energy.
The key is to figure out how to bring this positive energy back. It starts with working first on yourself. You need to be joyous and full of life to bring these qualities back into your relationship. The same is true for your partner. You must find people and activities that create this youthfulness. Once you do, you can become more positive about life, and this will spill over into your relationship as well.
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