RELATIONSHIPS

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

—Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

Relationships are critical to life. Nothing is more important. Your relationships with your spouse, parents, children, siblings and friends will have a more profound impact on your quality of life than virtually anything else. Value your relationships with those you love above all else.

Relationships create and require an ongoing personal connection. Texting is not connecting. Talking and listening while being mindful is connecting. Touching is connecting. Looking in each other’s eyes and smiling is connecting.

Relationships require forming and maintaining connections. Being in a meaningful relationship requires talking about things that matter and listening attentively. It requires an investment of quality time while being present. Relationships are formed and maintained by interacting with others on a more personal and meaningful level.

Nurture and treasure your relationships. Experience life more fully and profoundly through your connections to others.