RELATIONSHIPS

WHO ARE YOU INVESTED IN?

THE PEOPLE WHO WE CHOOSE TO SPEND OUR LIVES WITH ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS ON WHAT OUR DESTINY WILL ENTAIL

HOW MUCH DO YOU INVEST IN other PEOPLE?

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU INVESTING IN?

WHAT ARE YOU GETTING OUT OF THESE INVESTMENTS?

DO YOU HAVE LIMITS TO YOUR INVESTMENTS?

DO THESE INVESTMENTS INTERFERE WITH YOUR ASPIRATIONS?

ARE YOU GETTING WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE?

 

THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK YOURSELF AND SINCERELY CONSIDER AS IT CAN BE THE ANSWER TO YOUR SUCCESS.

I FOUND MYSELF NITPICKING AND GOING THROUGH MY PHONE TO REVISIT WHO I HAVE OCCUPYING SPACE ON MY ICLOUD..

i AM SURE YOU CAN RELATE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH YOUR CONTACTS TO FINDING NAMES THAT YOU CANNOT CONNECT TO A PHYSICAL EXISTENCE (DELETE), PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO BE NON-RESPONSIVE IN YOUR OUTREACH (DELETE!), AND TOXIC INDIVIDUALS WHO ONLY CARE TO BE AROUND WHEN THEY FEEL IT IS TIME TO INSERT THEMSELVES INTO YOUR LIFE (DELETE!!!!).

NOW DON'T GET ME WRONG..

personally, i am not the best communicator when it comes to MOBILE devices.

however, I REALLY DO MY BEST TO BE SURE TO FOLLOW UP.. AND IF I DON'T, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL ME A TERRIBLE PERSON, OR.. YOU MAY BE A TERRIBLE PERSON AND/OR I JUST DON'T REMEMBER YOU. No offense. We all have our terrible ways.

my personal rule is: I KNOW IF I NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE, I WILL FOLLOW UP AS NECESSARY, no matter if i feel like i am a bother.

PLEASE DO NOT BE AFRAID TO HOLD ME, OR ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE! IT'S MOST LIKELY NOT INTENTIONAL OR PERSONAL. I UNDERSTAND AND I AM A VICTIM OF THIS THING CALLED LIFE, TOO. IT GETS BUSY AND WE FORGET! it’s a real thing.

THIS IS WHY WE NEED PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHO CAN OPEN UP [IN THE BEST WAY] THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US.

RELATIONSHIPS ARE RECIPROCAL.

 

PERSONALLY..

I'D RATHER SEE YOU IN PERSON. that’s just my thing.

FOR ALL MY BEST PEOPLE WHO LIVE MANY MILES AWAY, I STILL LOVE YOU TOO! AND, WE ARE MOST LIKELY OVERDUE FOR A FACETIME VISIT. 

MOST IMPORTANTLY I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS I COME TO FINDING BALANCE IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE SO DEAR TO ME!

 

MY BEST FRIEND (SINCE '03) LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE I HAVE TRAVELED FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM HER OVERTIME IN KNOWING ONE ANOTHER. SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO VISIT ME AND I THE SAME WITH HER. 

WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS THAT WE CAN PICK UP EXACTLY WHERE WE LAST LEFT EACH OTHER. MAY IT BE OVER A PHONE CALL, EXCHANGE IN MESSAGES OR IN REAL LIVE TIME. THE ENERGY IS ALWAYS VIBRANT NO MATTER THE DISTANCE.

WE HAVE HAD OUR CHALLENGES ON LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION, HOWEVER WE HAVE COME TO EMBRACE WHAT WE HAVE BECOME AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO BUILD ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, ANTICIPATING A CONSISTENT, DEVELOPING SOLID BOND THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME TOGETHER.

HONESTLY, I BELIEVE THAT OUR TIME AWAY FROM EACH OTHER HAS ONLY DRAWN US CLOSER WITHOUT EVEN ANY EFFORT. SHE HAS BEEN SETTING GOALS FOR HERSELF AND MEETING HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN MY OWN LIFE.

THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN IN TWO SEPARATE ENVIRONMENTS AND HAVE HAD COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, WHAT WE WANT OUT OF LIFE CONTINUES TO BE SO WELL-ALIGNED EACH TIME WE RECONVENE. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE REFLECTIONS IN PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

 

THAT IS MY POINT.

WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE TO INVEST YOUR TIME IN THE MOST SHOULD BE A REFLECTION OF WHAT + WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

NATURALLY, OUR ENERGIES ARE CONSTANTLY EXERTING FROM OUR  EXISTENCE AND, TOO, IS CONSTANTLY BEING REPLACED WITH SIMILAR ENERGIES THOUGH IN ABUNDANCE. 

SO LET US THINK ABOUT THAT..

WOULD YOU CONSIDER THE ENERGY YOU GIVE OFF TO PEOPLE MOSTLY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE?

ARE YOU EASILY IRRITABLE OR RESPONDING IN AN HOSTILE MANNER? DO THE SLIGHTEST THINGS UPSET YOU AND RUIN YOUR DAY? WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG AND SOMEONE AGGRESSIVELY APPROACHES YOU, DO YOU STILL FIND YOURSELF REACTING IN AN ARGUMENTATIVE WAY?

HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE RECEIVING ENERGY FROM THE PEOPLE YOU COME TO INTERACT WITH?

ARE MOST PEOPLE NATURALLY UNPLEASANT WITH YOU? IS IT DIFFICULT COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY, EVEN COWORKERS OR STRANGERS? DO YOU NOT HAVE THE BEST OF LUCK IN LIFE?

THIS IS A TIME THAT WE NEED TO COME TO TAKING RESPONSIBILITY ON HOW WE ARE IN OUR INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE TO MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT OR CHANGING A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENT INTO A POSITIVE ONE.

we must not only reflect ourselves with others, though with our own selves.

see who you really are. be who you need to be.

 

ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE ARGUMENTS, PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS, RAISING YOUR VOICE, AND IGNORING PEOPLE IN EXCHANGE FOR FINDING COMFORT IN DISAGREEMENTS, MENTAL STIMULATION, MAINTAINING AN EVEN TONE IN CONVERSATION AND INSERTING YOURSELF INTO SITUATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSES?

 

this is what freedom looks like.

no one can take your personal freedom from you.

freedom is within our OWN mind.