Give and Take

When you care about someone, it is pretty easy to give to them.  To meet their needs.  To desire their best.  Not giving everything, but knowing what they need most and trying to do that..  And, I haven't found that very hard in life.  In give and take relationships, it's as natural as breathing in oxygen and dispelling carbon dioxide.  It's not constant trying or battling or wondering.  It's not about payment nor paybacks.  Yet, it never remains one sided.  Not in a relationship.  It can't.  By nature of what it is, a relationship has to go two ways.  If not, one of the parties becomes like the Dead Sea.....taking up all of the fresh water from the other person and not ever giving anything back.  What's interesting, is that the Dead Sea doesn't have any clean, fresh water to give back.  That is the nature of it being "dead".  One person CAN make it look like a relationship for a long time.  If she's willing to give all.  To think that expecting anything in return would be....selfish.  But, that's only an illusion.  The truth is that it really does take two people caring to make a real relationship.  It takes give and give and give and give.....AND take and take and take.  Sometimes one sided.  But, not perpetually. 
I am learning so much.  Lesson 955:  it's ok to give.....and take.
grace to you.