
Relationships Foundations – TWO – Be Open
The hurts of the past or the hang ups from what I have experienced can make me want to crawl back in my shell. Relationships will never grow up if I stay holed up in my shell. I have to be open to grow relationship foundations.
The best relationship foundations occur when I am willing to be open about my journey and to what lies along the path.
- I need to be open to new opinions and ideas. It turns out that not everyone believes the same things I believe.
- I need to be open to a variety of tastes. Variety is not only the spice of life but it is also the key to balanced health.
- I need to be open to different directions. The more I learn the more I realize that there is more than one way to get there.
- I need to be open to unexpected experiences. Even if I stayed closed then I would still encounter unexpected – so why not be open and willing to experience it.
- I need to be open to unique interpretations. Every eye will see the image with a different perspective because every eye is unique.
#GrowingHOPE understands I need to lay a solid foundation on which I can build the relationships. The foundation begins with five choices:
1. Choose to be real – to reveal the me that is uniquely designed and not all that normal.
2. Choose to be vulnerable – allowing the openness to make way for connections.
3. Choose to be sincere in the words I use and the actions I take.
4. Choose to be quiet and speak with a soft voice (or say nothing at all if there is nothing nice to say).
5. Choose to be positive and find the possibilities in all that I meet.
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