The Rat Race May Have Destroyed Us, But We Did Not Let It
From the get go when we realized we had something in common that attracted venturing towards greater intimacy we began making all kinds of plans together. Every evening after work we would gather at the stove concocting some unknown dish out of pure fun just to be together and were amazed at the resulting cuisine delight.
It is nigh on four years and we are at distant shores of a relationship and drifting into oblivion because our careers are driving us in different directions and neither of us did anything to correct this movement. Fortunately we have no children even though we did get married and all during this brief fiery relationship, but is has left a feeling of hollowness that there had to be something more than the rat race of careers and promotion.
Is it too late to correct this action of pending divorce and rescue the relationship that burned brightly in the early days of courtship and interesting meals by the stove?
To go back to the beginning we have to measure the honesty that was shared in this relationship and ask when did we stop listening and began automatically adhering to the demands of work instead of the values of our relationship. What was it that brought us together and what is the key to a lasting return to the original discovery that warmed our hearts?
Accelerating in careers is not a bad thing in fact it is magical but we must always ask will it benefit my family if I am drifting away in time and space. There is always the continuing reinforcement that life is not about work, it is about relationships and work is the catalyst that enables us to live comfortably so the real question is what will it cost in real terms and then is it worth it.
There are way too many broken homes all across the globe because of career choices and even if one has the full consent to advance we may only do it with full integrity knowing the real essence of our lives awaits us at home. Full communication and intimacy will invigorate any relationship but as each one advances it becomes important to recognise this and embrace it for all its worth so each member in the family feels their important and valuable. Distant shores may not be avoidable for career advances but in a good healthy relationship there is always a return voyage.
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