We're all part of the building crew.

A loving relationship is built one brick at a time. One brick a day, in a sense. So that it has a solid foundation. It's built from the ground up. I've just awakened from a dream. It's very early. Before daybreak. Saturday. Oct. 11. I can't remember all of the details. Only this message is loud and clear. Somebody from the spirit world. From another dimension. Was talking to me in this dream. This was the message I was supposed to catch. Build brick by brick. Just the way I've been doing since Oct. 25, 2007. This is the right way. Enjoy the construction. Build. Build. Build. And at the end of the day, sit back. And love. Love the progress. Look at the edifice. It is like building a church. A cathedral. That is the essence of building a loving relationship. One builds love the same way one would build a cathedral. It's a lifetime pursuit. A lifetime endeavor. In a sense, one is supposed to lose track of time. Place the single brick in the foundation. One at a time. And enjoy it all. It takes some labor. Maybe like Sisyphus pushing his rock up the hill. Only one should admire the progress. Sisyphus' mistake was that he didn't stop each day. He should have pushed slowly. And at the end of the day, he should have wedged the rock so it wouldn't roll back down. Take it one foot at a time. Sort of like one brick at a time. And if the hill was one mile long -- well, then he should have taken 5,280 days to complete the task. One foot at a time. One day at a time. A loving relationship isn't built overnight. It's built over a long time. Over a lifetime. Over many, many years. Maybe that is what we are supposed to be doing with our lives. Building. Building. Building. One brick at a time. One foot at a time. One day at a time. We are to savor what we are doing. By doing it bit by bit by bit. Each brick is an act of love. Yes, I had a good feeling when I awakened. Well before daybreak. I was visited in that dream. By a guardian angel. By someone. Something. Perhaps by my conduit to the Creator. Or the Creator himself. Yes, the Creator must be building his creation like this. Making it possible for all of his creatures, his living, soulful beings, to be part of the construction crew. --Jim Broede