Life is boiled down to one word - relationship. The quality of life depends on the quality of relationship.
- relationship with your own body, mind and heart
- relationship with family and friends
- relationship with coworkers and clients
- relationship with work and hobby
- relationship with money and possessions
- relationship with God and universal laws
- relationship with your environment and the universe
The moment you have your idea of "want" and "don't want", you will experience conflicts, anxiety, fear, jealousy, and disappointment. Only when you accept everything and everyone as it is, you have peace and joy.
I dispise relationships for very long period of time. I whole heartly believe in power within and internal control. After year after year unhappiness and frustration with myself and with people around me, I eventually realize life is nothing but relationships.
It is the first step to heal relationships- acknowledge its importance and commit to cultivate.
A good relationship requires understanding, accepting, respecting and patience. The first three are behaviors and the last one is foundation. Without patience no relationship can last long.
I often count selfishness, greed, phony as my most siginificant character flaws. Now I realize I have tiny bit patience. If I can be patient with people, myself or progress, I may be able to restore my flawed characters.
How to be patient? Is it an inheritance, is it a habit, is it a manifestation of past experience, is it a blood type, a horsescope, a mystic? Can I have it? No answers. probably the following activities help to cultivate patience:
- yoga
- meditation
- reading
- prayers
- whole food
- positive thinking
- practice, practice, practice
