All right, so i received a request to blog about this topic (and i only have 10mins) - Relationship. And since this is a topic that pertains to everyone, i shall share some personal opinions on it.
By definition from the Oxford online dictionary (www.askoxford.com), relationship means
- the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected
- the way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave towards each other
- an emotional and sexual association between two people
By these definitions, relationships exist everywhere. At the workplace, while you are walking along the pavement, in a train or bus, having your dinner at a coffeeshop and so on. It occurs every moment that you live, whether it’s with living things or non-living things.
Relationships are forged and broken every moment. The minute you forged one, you might have just broken another. That’s how tricky relationships can be. However, the forging and breaking of relationships also lie heavily on the person. Different people forge, break and handle relationships differently. We all have different agendas in a relationship. If the agenda of 2 or more people are the same, then things go smoothly and everyone is of value of each other. Likewise, if an item fits a person’s agenda, then that thing is of value. Of course, it’s vice versa.
It seems that what i have written so far point to the revelation that relationships and reality are so much interconnected to an unimaginable extent. Life experiences will tell you so. There are moments when we feel so embraced by Life, and there are moments when we feel so betrayed by Life. Perhaps these occurances that lie at opposite ends of a spectrum started out as a seed, nurtured and eventually bloomed at different ends. The source of fertilisation? Relationship. Every single thing that is involved in it. The way you treat, look and speak to others, your agendas etc.
It’s a delicate issue that requires utmost attention and effort every moment your life. Because a seed is blind and mindless, it’s only nurtured by the fertiliser that it is given. Every good becomes another good while every evil becomes another evil.
