Relationships are everything. They’re so valuable and important. Precious. And at the same time, even the most cherished, heartfelt, well-intended relationships can be challenging. Still, the relationships with people who mean a lot to you are the ones worth sustaining.

Somehow, life gets complex. Perhaps, it was in our elementary school days when we practiced the best relationship-building skills in our lives. We just didn’t know it at the time.

Think about it.

From a very sincere, healthy, and secure place, we communicated like:

“Do you like me? Do you want to be my friend? Check Yes or No.”

I can only wonder if our innocent simplicity could last a lifetime, how much better our relationships and lives could be as we all navigate adolescence, adulthood, and beyond.

Sometimes, I wish the rest of the journey was simple.

Sometimes, I wish we could still check Yes or No.