When Relationships Change
In every relationship we are being given myriad opportunities for growth. Every person we share a relationship either enhances and supports our personal growth and dreams, or challenges and stymies them. Whether we like it or not, relationships are always adjusting and progressing. We can either move along with the natural shifts that take place between two people for the sake of understanding and improvement, or we can put our foot down and refuse to budge.
Problems
Often, we don't want to know when a relationship needs thoughtful adjustments, change, and movement forward¾until it falls into crisis. When relationship problems emerge, we are shocked into seriousness; suddenly realizing we stopped paying attention. A change in attitude and behavior then becomes necessary. Insightful as this is, we tend to move instead into finger pointing, holding someone other than ourselves responsible for the problem(s) we played a part in. Fact is, we either help or hinder progress and health in key relationships.
Not all relationships are hard, but we tend to learn the most from the ones that are. They show us who we are, what we think and believe, and what we’re made of. Every relationship is different. Every relationship has its own timeline, its own purpose, its own positives and negatives.
Purpose
Every relationship has purpose and meaning. However, the most important and infinitely most beneficial relationship we will ever have is the one we have with our inner being, our internal source of knowing and wisdom. This very intimate and honest relationship began at birth, and it is available until we take our last breath.
People come and go, relationships come and go, circumstances come and go. This is the nature of things on this planet. Change is how we learn, grow, unlearn and relearn. Relationships, like life itself, requires change. And those changes are either opening or closing, building or destroying.
“The changes that healthy relationships require are, in truth, intended for deeper self-awareness, emotional knowledge and understanding, and spiritual evolution.”