NEVER RUSH A RELATIONSHIP...

Too many young women have met the “man of their dreams”.

You meet him on your way home from work one day, you get to know one another better for a few more days and jackpot! "He becomes the man of OUR dream." We have to be the funniest creatures on earth....the next thing you hear is

“He’s absolutely amazing. He’s everything I’ve ever prayed for.”

We move on from describing how charming, kind, sweet, and romantic he is to how he claimed to have a relationship with God, and he's willing to do anything to make this relationship work.

let’s get real, people: “Absolutely amazing” isn’t a trait that’s revealed overnight, it takes months – and years- of time witnessing someone’s life to know what they’re really made of.

When it comes to relationships, time is one of the greatest gifts you have.

FOCUS ON FRIENDSHIP Focusing on friendship first, in my opinion, is the best way to take things slow and to keep the relationship from going too fast or to prevent rushing into a romantic relationship. Ladies, it's important to build the friendship before getting too deep in.

You may be single, and feeling like the single-life has lasted an eternity. Time may be the LAST thing you want to hear about. You’re sick of waiting, and grieving every moment that has passed you by. You may be tempted to rush into a relationship with someone you don’t know that well, or commit to someone to whom you have some fears and hesitation.

But the truth is:

You'll hardly Find someone who REGRETS taking her time to get in a relationship; people only regret RUSHING into the wrong ones.  And that’s no small mistake, because it will cost you everything.

You don't want to spend your life regretting! It will hurt you badly when you start seeing the true colors of your "absolutely amazing" boyfriend. But at that point, you may feel like you've invested too much of your life/time to simply walk away, and so you endure, and try to make it work. If you agree with me, this can be avoided.

Allow time to reveal to you what your significant other, and what your relationship, is really made of.

And until then, TAKE the time to become the best version of yourself so that you can be ready when the right relationship, and the right timing, comes along. healthy relationships ALWAYS begin with healthy people. 

RELATIONSHIPS ARE MEANT TO BE ENJOYED NOT ENDURED.