In our most poignant of moments, we will always find that appreciate relationships matters most. This is especially so when a valued relationship loss is threatened or is imminent. How many relationships get tossed out the window because of a simple change of desires or circumstances?
Appreciate Relationships
Appreciate everything we value or lose it.
In life, the worst can happen when we least expect it. When confronted with life changing issues we get so caught up in trying to solve it, we tend to neglect ourselves, our family, our health, our happiness, peace and the love in our lives.
In the midst of emotional upheavals we lose sight of our job, goals and career. We’d be so stressed we either listen to or reject religious guidance. In some cases we abandon and deny money or exercise excessive controlling behaviour.
We’ve all been there at one time or another. But can these be made better? Yes, but only if the relationship is more important than other issues like your ego! This change of values, from self first to relationship first, I assure you is the cornerstone of boosting your self-growth.
Be Grateful, It’s Profitable Too
Care to get on the greens more often? When we are grateful for the very existence of life and what it has to offer us, nothing else really matters. Existence itself is so important and we are very lucky to be able to experience life. Enjoying life and being happy is a state you choose to be in regardless of any situation being experienced.
So many business, family and friendship relationships fall apart for a simple lack of appreciation. Misunderstandings occur. Issues are left to the other person to guess and apologize for.
Being grateful, being appreciative is such a small but significant part of building lifelong and thus wealth relationships. It becomes what you think about very often. Business relationships become easier, better trust and more profitable. Friendships become life-long and sometimes blossom to become business and even family.
Ever wonder why, such stable relationships often build those mansions and tall buildings?
What is the most important thing in your life?
Desires change and with it, what was once important may be replaced. As many desires there are, there are people who want them. The most important issues in our lives sometimes change.
Some will say family, health, happiness, peace, love, relationship, job, goals, career, success, religion, and money etc.
No matter what the issues are we are caught up with the issues that we forget to be truly appreciative of ourselves, our family, our health, our happiness and those great things and people around us.
When things are not as per our expectations, beliefs or perceptions we become or play the part of a victim. “Oh, woe is me. My so and so just wanted to get a smaller house, but I wanted a bigger one.” It is in playing this game we become less appreciative of the person and issues that are important. By the way, find out and talk the issues over and you’ll find the truth being not as ominous as first thought.
Appreciate your relationships. Gratitude guides us to enlighten our awareness bringing us relief, joy, happiness, success and enjoy life.
It is absolutely true and it is important to remind it everyday: relationships are the most important thing in life.
It is not always easy, because people act in most cases not in the way you would expect. But that is just a test for a relationship. If you get over it, the true value of the relationship can grow further – with good and bad days.
Appreciating our relationships and have gratitude for all of them is so important and we often forget it.
Thanks for the reminder!
marc van der Linden recently posted..The happiness blueprint: happiness is a choice
Thank you Marc and keep up with the good books and I am sure I will be reading them too.