Relationships
A good relationship creates a foundation for a life lived with purpose and direction.
A great relationship creates a foundation for a life lived with passionate energy.
A fantastic relationship creates a foundation for a life lived in truth, beauty and goodness!
How rich can each of your relationships become?
Relationships matter and need attention, love and nurturing to grow, develop and even evolve. We believe the world would be a significantly better place if all important relationships were conscious, authentic and evolving. Look at how much energy and resources are consumed each year dealing with dysfunctional relationships. The divorce rate in the US is at 50% currently, while Canada is around 37%. And the divorce rate for second and third marriages is even higher. The amount of stress, conflict and pain is huge. We need lawyers, psychologists, child psychologists, mediators, judges and police officers enforcing court orders to be focusing their time and attention to what is in essence a relationship matter. All their time and energy could be put to more productive activities. The Calgary Police Service reports that, in 2009, they received more calls related to family violence than any other issue. These are all relationship related. What needs to happen so that these statistics start to trend downward to where joy and creative evolution are the norm? Where tension in a relationship becomes creative tension wanting to burst forth to make the relationship and therefore the world a happier place?
So consider what your world could look like if every single relationship in your life, both personal and work related, was conscious, authentic and evolving. This vision is our passion and we see no limit to what’s possible when it comes to the transformational power of relationship.
Remember, the most important relationship we have is with ourselves. So if you are waiting for someone else to change so you can have a great relationship with them then you are missing the point. The only way an interpersonal relationship can change is if at least you are committed to putting in the effort to change yourself first. Then the potential exists for the relationship to change.
There is also scientific evidence to support the statement that improving your relationships will improve your health. David McClelland in his 1989 study into the motivational factors in health and Disease concluded that people who give priority to creating thriving relationships had stronger more resilient immune systems. Active engagement in human connection increased health more significantly than extensive support networks, career success or even being loved by others.
With both science and empirical facts supporting the value of positive relationships in our lives it appears that it is time to move toward a relationship revolution. Kathlyn Hendricks of the renowned Hendricks Institute recently posted that “In the 21st century we’re entering an era in which relationship itself, rather than either men OR women, will be the leader.”