To avoid relationship woes
Be Honest
To avoid relationship woes
By Gary Holden
Relationships are simply based on how we relate to one another. To relate means to: bring into or establish association, connection, or relation. The greatest obstacle many relationships face exists within how we communicate with one another.
In the dating world we often offer our initial lure; that element that gets us to the initial conversation which usually includes much embellishment on the superficial and contains very little truth. Friendships occur as a result of commonalities we identify with one another. Family relationships are the ones we don’ t get to choose, however they are the ones that bear the most weight in cultivating who we may ultimately become.
In today’ s society the family has a diversity of definitions. Many single parent homes have become common in our culture. Several of us may not have had a relationship with our father or mother to give us much needed definition, direction, and impartation into our lives.
Male or female it is unfair that our children are often cheated out of knowing what and how we think, what drives our thought processes, or what our moral compass is based on. We are not honest with our children relating to some of the things, and thoughts we struggle with so when they have a thought contrary to what they think is acceptable to us the tend to introvert or find another outlet.
No matter the relationship, one of the greatest things we can contribute is honest, candid, conversations. Even if you’ ve never had the opportunity of having those talks with your father or mother don’ t cheat your children out of hearing it from you first.