Men, Hold On To That Good Woman!

I'm just going to share this short story with you first (created by Adupeola);

A couple decided to take a little vacation. The man happened to be a pilot and owned a small plane. He thought it best that he flew the plane since he was licensed to anyway. Halfway through their journey, the plane developed a few mechanical faults. In the beginning, he didn't want to frighten his partner and so didn't let her know what was going on. When he realized he couldn't hide it any longer, he told her.

He told her to go get the parachutes as the plane was going to crash. When she got there, she found only 1. She went back to him and told him her discovery. He didn't flinch or hesitate, he immediately told her to take it.

"Babe, take it and go we don't have much time."

"No! I'm not leaving you."

"I'm going to have to crash land the plane, it's dangerous."

"I know...but when we were flying in the sky, we were together and we were happy. That was love. Now, that we're crashing, we should still be together and be happy...this is also love. Let's hold each other, pray and hope for the best. I know you won't let me get hurt. Go ahead and land the plane. I know you can do it."

He did it and they survived. But that wasn't the end of it. They were lost. They had no idea where they were. They had no food, no water...nothing. There was no way for them to contact anyone. To crown it all, the guy busted his leg. Every time he tried to walk, he fell and she helped him back up.

He kept saying, "I can't."

And she kept replying, "I know you can. You will because you don't want to leave me alone. For me, you will."

They survived on herbs and fruits. Sometimes when they got lucky, they caught a couple of fishes. Then one day, after about 3 months, they were rescued. The media went crazy. You know how reporters are. When the man finally spoke, he said, "The only reason I'm still standing, the reason I didn't give up, the reason I'm alive is because of this woman beside me. I wanted to live for her."

The End.

As most of you have already guessed, the above story is an illustration. The plane symbolizes the man's life. His finances, his health, his emotions, his family, etc. I keep telling women, when you enter into a relationship with a man, you become a passenger on the journey of his life. Men find it hard to relinquish control of their lives and so they pilot it all on their own and only carry along the woman when it is necessary.

Life in general is full of ups and downs. Sometimes in life, man faces a couple of down times. That was the point at which the plane developed mechanical faults. His life was practically crumbling to pieces around him. The thing about men is, in this phase of their lives, they tend to turn people that actually care away and look towards people that wouldn't be bothered. The woman decided to stay with her man even though he was at a bad place. She decided to stay and encourage him. To pray with him and for him. To just be there when he needs to talk. To be that stable part of his life. She succeeded and in the end, he appreciated her for not leaving him when so many others did.

She didn't have to stay. He probably would have found his way back up with or without her. But, you just gotta love a woman that sticks around through thick and thin. Not many do. You have to appreciate a woman who loves you for you and not for your assets. While many people nowadays believe that love is overrated, I doubt those same people feel the same way about loyalty. This is more than fidelity. This is knowing that there's someone that is always on your side. Someone that will fight your battles alongside you.

Oftentimes, I see and hear cases of men taking advantage of women who would blindly go to war for them and treat women who only want a good time like queens. At the end of the day, when things go sour, they remember the good woman. They remember how she wants to help him be all that he can be. How she pushes him and encourages him to be better, to fly higher, to aim for more. She believes in him. She believes in the man that he can be if he just tries and he sees her as someone to be kept on a hook.

I heard a story that happened a while back. A man, who was a chronic womanizer, was married to a woman that loved him deeply. She didn't flinch when she heard about his escapades. She didn't leave him even though he was stagnated. He was in the same spot for ages. Not going forward or backwards.just stuck. Later, the man ended up with a serious bout of hepatitis and the only person that stayed was that woman. She stayed. It became her problem. Unfortunately for the man, she was from a wealthy home and her family insisted that she leave the man or they would turn their backs on her. She waited until he was healthy and she left. The man was later quoted to have said, "I finally succeeded in ruining myself. That woman was the only stable thing in my life."

If he felt that way, why did he take her for granted. Where were all his other girlfriends?  Why didn't any come back? At some point they would have claimed to love him, right? He lost a diamond going after stones. Honestly, I don't blame the woman for bowing to the wishes of her family. Very few people can stand by and watch their loved ones get hurt repeatedly and not do something about it. If he had the ability to see the future, I'm pretty sure he would have done things a little differently. He would have appreciated this precious jewel and not cast her away.

I don't want to feed you with too much information too fast, so I'll take a breather while you go ahead and meditate on this.