The door bell rings and the FedEx delivery guy brings you a package labeled, “Fragile…Handle With Care.” As you sign for the package, you gently take the box from the FedEx guy, place the box on the table, and proceed to open the box anxiously, yet excitedly, anticipating the box’s contents.
When we meet our significant other, we treat him/her with the same carefulness that we use to open that fragile box that shows up at our homes. We think before we speak, we’re extremely gentle with him/her, we’re concerned about his/her needs often times putting the needs of the significant other first, we’re complimentary, respectful, and protective of the contents of our special gift.
Let’s just say the particular package that shows up at the door is the latest Apple iPhone. The first thing we do is turn our iPhone on and learn its features. We eventually learn what keys to touch to bring us our desired outcome, exactly how to press the button with the end of our fingertip, and with the right amount of pressure so that we don’t make a mistake and halt our desired results. We can hardly wait to show it off to our friends and family and share our new gadget’s best features! As time moves on and we get comfortable with our device we discover it has minor glitches in it’s programming, may drop a call here and there, begins to move slower due yo insufficient data, battery no longer stays charged, and it may even stop working all together. Our once perfect phone is not perfect after all. It’s damaged goods! Just like each and every one of us…Yep, we’re all damaged in some way, shape, form or fashion. But guess what? We don’t immediately get our phone replaced (well, some do but that’s another story) we call or take it to get repaired and make sure we continue to be fragile with our phone in order to guarantee we receive the best service that phone can render. Yes, some damaged goods may be damaged beyond your repair but so many people throw in the towel at the first inkling of a problem not realizing he/she is damaged goods as well.
We must treat our relationships with the same fragility we use at the beginning of the relationship throughout the relationship. Think before we speak, take time out for one another, show each other off and share those good qualities of our significant other with our friends and family, learn what buttons to press and how to press them or not press them at the right time, and protect our gifts to the best of our ability. Remember, we are all “Fragile and must be Handled With Care.” 😉
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