In any relationship in which two people become one, the end result is two half people. It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves. Related Reading: Love Quotes to Warm Your Heart Successful relationships start by giving up control, giving up the need to be loved or wanted or right all the time. That is what’s going to maintain relationships. Audrey Hepburnīe honest, brutally honest. The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. We’re often afraid of being vulnerable, but vulnerability creates genuine connection. “Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationships.” – Paul Young But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. You may hold onto some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers.
Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Bob MarleyĪ true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other. Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. To love is easy, to be in a relationship is extremely difficult. Relationships are worth fighting for, but you can’t be the only one fighting. We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. There just has to be someone who wants to. In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. “Everything you want in life is a relationship away.” – Idowu Koyenikan Carl Jungįar too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends. The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness. All relationships, business or personal, are an opportunity to serve another human being. We can only contribute to a relationship. What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else.
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