Love, Relationships and Reflective Meditation

A Recipe For Romance

Making a successful Romantic Relationship can be compared to baking a cake.  However, all ingredients need to be combined from both sides of the relationship in order for it to be successful.  One person cannot make a relationship work no matter how hard they try.  To begin, start with the main ingredients, which would be you and your chosen partner.  Then add Friendship.  I believe it is necessary to like a person for who they are, which then leads to acceptance.  Both of you need to accept each other just the way that you are before that Friendship can blossom into True Love.

Add the seasonings - first a pinch of Passion, but temper it with Understanding and Patience.  Add Communication, open and honest right from the very beginning.  Without communication your relationship is doomed.  With open and honest communication there is almost no problem that two people cannot resolve together.  Stir in Trust.  Without trust your romantic relationship may seem to turn out okay, but it will have no substance.  When difficult times come along, your romance will collapse without Trust.  Add your Hopes and Dreams and stir them together.  Both of you need to hope and dream of compatible places and things or you will find yourselves going in two different directions.

Finally, add a Commitment to one another.  Without that commitment you might find that one of you is looking to trade in the cake that you baked together for a fancy french pastry.  Combine all of the ingredients:  You, your Ideal Partner, Friendship, Acceptance, True Love, Passion, Understanding, Patience, open and honest Communication, Trust, shared Hopes and Dreams and finally, a Commitment to each other and you have all of the ingredients necessary to make a happy and successful Romantic Relationship.  Also remember that after your cake is finished, you may need to clean up the kitchen.  Sometimes even though you’ve followed the recipe, the cake does not turn out as expected and your kitchen may be a mess.  Understand that the words “I’m sorry” and “I didn’t mean to hurt you or to disappoint you” will make the cleaning up less painful.