What makes a healthy relationship?

Unexpectedly, but quite happily, I have found myself in a new relationship.  It’s new, exciting, and fun.  We are taking things as they happen and just going with the flow for the most part.  One of the things I am most happy about is the healthy habits that we are instinctively falling into without even trying.   Our meals together are mostly homemade, healthy, and yummy.  Some of our dates have included going running together, and others have included working on our computers together and getting our personal projects done.  There have also been movies, lots of movies.

I used to think that a healthy relationship is one with open and honest communication.  Obviously, that is important, but the small habits that you form together really do make up your life. It is one thing to support those efforts with cheerleading, it is another completely to live them together. I am focusing this year on living a more healthy life, full of energy, happiness, gratitude, and positivity.  So far, the habits that we are forming together will help me with those goals and that fills me with gratitude and happiness already.

Holding hands by D Sharon Pruitt