Yesterday afternoon as I was relaxing with my spouse after a long hard day, I was seated next to him in our backyard gazebo, holding his hand, listening to the water flow in the waterfall in our pond, and doing nothing else. <\/p>\n
I thought to myself,
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\n“isn’t this perfect…,” and continued to relax and did not think much more… about anything. I just chilled.<\/p>\n
Later in the evening, we were watching some TV drivel, and one of the characters whose wife had recently divorced him said, “I have a million people to do things with, but no one to do nothing with.”<\/p>\n
That statement struck me as somewhat profound.<\/p>\n
I turned to my spouse and said, “you know, he’s right. I have a lot of friends and an active, busy life. But what means most to me is that I have you. Just like today — someone to do nothing with if that’s what I want to do (or not do).”<\/p>\n
My spouse smiled at me, held my hand a little tighter, and said, “me, too, my love.”<\/p>\n
Life is short: cherish your moments together with the one you love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday afternoon as I was relaxing with my spouse after a long hard day, I was seated next to him in our backyard gazebo, holding his hand, listening to the water flow in the waterfall in our pond, and doing … Continue reading