Relationships

Balance dependence and independence to make relationships work.
Life is in harmony. No big effort. No big fuss.

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When you have a powerful word and you do what you say,
your relationships will flourish. Your word will be trusted,
so people will listen to you. If your word is weak,
no one will take what you say seriously.
You will become like a penny on the
sidewalk that people pass by
because it's not valued.

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Good gardeners know "healthy root, healthy plant".
The same is true of relationships. Healthy trust, healthy relationship.

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Accepting differences is "love gardening".

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Expressing love is like fertilizing plants. Both make things grow.

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Love grows as loss approaches.

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Listen deeply and speak deeply to each other to create understanding.
When you do, you will create changes and solutions together.
Instead of fighting, you will create harmony and love!

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It's up to you to speak deeply enough to be fully understood.
Speaking deeply means sharing how you see the facts of a situation,
your feelings about it, the needs you'd like satisfied,
and how you want the situation to turn out.

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"Goodwill" in relationships is like the ball in a baseball game.
Without it, nothing constructive happens.

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When equality exists between two people,
love has much better chance of flourishing.

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Children forgive and forget. Grown ups forget to forgive.
Without forgiveness, relationships can't survive.

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We have successfully forgiven others
when we no longer resent them for what they did to us.
We have successfully forgiven ourselves
when we no longer persecute ourselves for what we did.

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In your relationships, remember "The wheel of harmony".
It's simple. Be kind. Cannot show kindness? Express appreciation.
Cannot appreciate? Feel respect. Cannot respect? Try acceptance.
Cannot accept? Try kindness again. Keep trying until
the wheel makes a lovely sound.

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In relationships, don't just listen to what people say.
Watch what they do.

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When we relax and express who we are, we attract people who like that.
So, what's the point of pretending? It just attracts the wrong people.


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