Playful!!

Before I met Alvaro's parents in Colombia, I met his brother Ciro. When his parents asked, "What is she like?" he said, "Rachel is a female Alvaro". And I think he was right. We are both pretty goofy and we play off each other's silliness . Does that mean soul mate? I don't know but I do know that Alvaro and I have tons of fun together! Here is a video from our recent vacation to California. The reason I stop filming was because Alvaro started getting really nervous about how close I was to the edge of the cliff where we were standing.

Laughing, having fun and not being afraid of being silly is a huge part of our relationship. It's so freeing to have someone who won't ever think I'm strange or immature...actually I guess we both embrace our inner child. And that's true for arguments too. Sometimes adults are childish in our rants, selfishness and sense of entitlement.

I recently saw a blog post talking about letting go of ego so that we can blurt more building up language than tearing down language. Seeing other people participate in behavior that I often take part in helps me to just accept that we are all human and imperfect...and more able to forgive and overlook hurts and perceived emotional injuries more readily. We all have 'things' we are working on and personal paths to betterment...I think we should all be a little more patient and allow the people around us a environment to grow without us always pointing out the wrongs and flaws. The growth will take place much more quickly for everyone. hmmmm......