Relationships are a very important part of my life. Some relationships have developed over time and others are just starting. There are many different types of relationships such as family, professional, and acquaintances and friends. Family relationships are very important to nurture and maintain.
The people in your family you cannot choose, it just happens and sometimes it can be difficult to maintain, but nonetheless, very important.
Professional relationships might take a little less maintenance. You do not have to become best friends with the people you work with, but you do have to keep it at a professional level. However, many times I have developed long lasting relationships’ with co workers that have turned into life long friends.
Acquaintances are people you develop a sometime relationship with, they are what I like to call hi and bye friends. You know them, but you do not get to know them, maybe because of a busy life, who knows why? They are just people you know in passing.
You chose friends and people you want to spend time with, as they do you.
All of the above take time to nurture, empathize, listen, trust, and evolve and much hard work. Relationships are not one sided, it takes two willing participants’ and develop over your whole life. There are many ingredients to a positive, strong and lasting relationship and all a person has to do is give it time to grow.
Dear Tammy,
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that relationships take time and work to flourish! How do you feel about the relationships we are creating via online learning at Walden?... Colleagues, friends, acquaintances? yet we never meet face to face. It is in a way nice to have the connections online of people we might have never met in person. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to get to know you :)
-Angie