Take Your Time - Take It Slow - Make It Count

Take Your Time- Take It Slow - Make It Count was a high school cheer that our cheerleaders shout when we were at the free throw line. As I thought about the words - the same can be said for relationships. When embarking upon a new relationship, you need to "Take Your Time - Take It Slow and Make It Count". Let's think about "Take Your Time" for a minute. What's the rush? You've been by yourself for a period of time - you should be use to it - so what's the rush? Take your time to get to know the other person. Before you start spilling your guts out or sharing your business, Take Your Time! Take Your Time in all areas - meeting your family, children, friends, sharing personal information and definitely intimacy.

"Take It Slow" meant, in terms of basketball, to take a deep breath, take a good look at the basket, to make sure your feet was not on the line, to concentrate and to execute a good fundamental free throw. Take It Slow in a relationship pretty much means the same thing, to take a good look at the person; to inspect and investigate with the right probing questions; make sure that the boundaries are set and that the other person is willing and capable of keeping those boundaries and have a fundamental sound course of action in the first stages of courtship.

The "Make It Count" part of the cheer in basketball means to make the basket and score. In a relationship' Make It Count" means that if you do all you can by taking your time and taking it slow, then those things done and this type of action will give you a better result when you decide that the person is right or not right for you. So to the ladies and gents out there who are embarking upon a New Interest - TAKE YOUR TIME, TAKE IT SLOW AND MAKE IT COUNT