180. What do nature and babies have to do with mature dating?

“Freedom” is a word I’ve often used when discussing relationships. It seems to be the best word I can find to describe a truly loving partnership. When there’s freedom in a relationship there are no demands, no judgments. Each person is free to be just who they are, without having to work at pleasing their partner.

What I think we all like about nature and small children is that they’re free. They don’t expect anything other than what is and they don’t demand anything. They don’t rate things according to labels such as good and bad, or right and wrong. There’s unconditional love and acceptance in nature and babies that just sees life as it is. Babies and the natural world aren’t searching for something more; they’re happy with what’s given in the moment. It’s almost as though there’s a trust there that the Infinite knows what it’s doing so there’s no need to criticize reality and resist what is.

As we date in these senior years maybe there’s something to be learned from nature and babies. Could we just be happy with things as they are? Do we really know they should be different?

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