Inspiring Change Every Day with Grace
When People Only Connect for What They Can Get
There is a quiet truth about relationships that many people discover only after disappointment: not everyone who comes close is coming to stay.
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Time Will Tell
Relationships, like nature, move through seasons. Yet many people expect every connection to feel fresh, warm, and full of promise at all times.
Seeing People Clearly
Many people today pride themselves on being emotionally intelligent. They can name their feelings, regulate their reactions, and speak the language of empathy.
The Silent Relationship Trade
Beneath every relationship lies a system of exchange. People trade things that are rarely spoken about openly; time, energy, trust, access, and influence.
Transactional Vs Transformational Relationships
Not all relationships are meant to last, but all of them will shape you. The real question is how?
Something About You
Most relationships begin with self-interest. That sentence may sound cold, but it is deeply human...
Relational Intelligence
Most relationships today begin with need. Need for comfort, need for access, need for advantage or need for belonging.
Living Without Being Ruled By Desire
Desire is part of your design. It pulls you toward love, progress, purpose, etc. Without desire, you would not dream, build, connect, or hope. But there is a difference between having desire and being ruled by it. Freedom, therefore, is the ability to choose wisely in the presence of desire.
When Letting Go of a Desire Is an Act of Love
Desire can feel noble. It feels very lively, hopeful, and charged with possibility. When you want a person, a dream, or an outcome deeply, it can seem almost sacrosanct.
What Happens When Desire Is Ignored Too Long
Desire is a messenger that carries information about what matters to you. This includes, inter - alia, connection, purpose, intimacy, expression, and growth. It gives you a sense of direction when you listen to its leading with wisdom. However, when you ignore it for too long, denial begins to set in and eventually distorts desire.