Passing Relationships and Meaningful Ones
When we look back, we find that we have had encounters with thousands of people, who have 1ot made it to our present. Most have been passing relationships. Perhaps, we interacted with them for a while, but hey did not contribute in any way to the ear purpose of our lives. Hence, they came and they went without causing so much as a ripple. On the other hand, there are people, who, over the years, have remained art of our present. Weight has lost ouch with them briefly, but once the elation ship was picked up again, we round that it went on seamlessly. Some say that professional relationships do not last but i have made Ong standing friends, many of whom met professionally What then is the difference between that last for life? Passing relationships are with those we have encountered in superficial way without opening our hearts. We have not shared our persona with them, nor disclosed our vulnerabilities; we may have gone by gut feeling that the relationship would remain at the superficial level. True friendship however, lasts. With the superbly connected world of today, just email contacts can help us nurture relationships that are meaningful. I had thought that all those who once thought were close friends would remain so for ever. But a small rupture, misunderstanding, a small fall out over something trivial, was enough to end the relationship. There were however, true friends who stayed on despite misunderstandings; friend are and who supported us with an understanding and love all through our endeavours. Friends who are friends for a reason, are not friends. There is some glue that makes us bond with some and not others. It could be that we share the same values, or that our outlook on life is similar. We may have little else in common, but there is that intangible something that brings us together and holds us together. There were times when i mistook one for the other. There were times that i were meaningful but, they were not meant to last. They served a certain purpose at the time, but i outlived and outgrew those short term purposes. It is on when we fin lcallie of our lives, that we are able to sift out those who were only a passing phenomenon. And appreciate and nurture those relationships that impact us in positive. Some of those we called friermay have taken an altogether differerpath, some may have not grown at all a others may have outgrown the purposthat brought us together in the first plIt is part of the transitions we ma in life and the passage of time that heus come to the realisation that we counever be able to sustain all relations has meaningful ones. Some, of necessmust be passing ones. As for the relationships that last, us nurture them; keep them alive an active, because in the long run, only meaningful relationships will makeit to our present. Don't grieve for relationships that did not last. Theywere never meant to. Let them just be they came and they went, sometimes even intooblivion
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Janina Gomes views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Janina Gomes and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Passing Relationships and Meaningful Ones
When we look back, we find that we have had encounters with thousands of people, who have 1ot made it to our present. Most have been passing relationships. Perhaps, we interacted with them for a while, but hey did not contribute in any way to the ear purpose of our lives. Hence, they came and they went without causing so much as a ripple. On the other hand, there are people, who, over the years, have remained art of our present. Weight has lost ouch with them briefly, but once the elation ship was picked up again, we round that it went on seamlessly. Some say that professional relationships do not last but i have made Ong standing friends, many of whom met professionally What then is the difference between that last for life? Passing relationships are with those we have encountered in superficial way without opening our hearts. We have not shared our persona with them, nor disclosed our vulnerabilities; we may have gone by gut feeling that the relationship would remain at the superficial level. True friendship however, lasts. With the superbly connected world of today, just email contacts can help us nurture relationships that are meaningful. I had thought that all those who once thought were close friends would remain so for ever. But a small rupture, misunderstanding, a small fall out over something trivial, was enough to end the relationship. There were however, true friends who stayed on despite misunderstandings; friend are and who supported us with an understanding and love all through our endeavours. Friends who are friends for a reason, are not friends. There is some glue that makes us bond with some and not others. It could be that we share the same values, or that our outlook on life is similar. We may have little else in common, but there is that intangible something that brings us together and holds us together. There were times when i mistook one for the other. There were times that i were meaningful but, they were not meant to last. They served a certain purpose at the time, but i outlived and outgrew those short term purposes. It is on when we fin lcallie of our lives, that we are able to sift out those who were only a passing phenomenon. And appreciate and nurture those relationships that impact us in positive. Some of those we called friermay have taken an altogether differerpath, some may have not grown at all a others may have outgrown the purposthat brought us together in the first plIt is part of the transitions we ma in life and the passage of time that heus come to the realisation that we counever be able to sustain all relations has meaningful ones. Some, of necessmust be passing ones. As for the relationships that last, us nurture them; keep them alive an active, because in the long run, only meaningful relationships will makeit to our present. Don't grieve for relationships that did not last. Theywere never meant to. Let them just be they came and they went, sometimes even intooblivion
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Janina Gomes views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Janina Gomes and Speaking Tree,Times of India