In my life I have been a daughter, sister, niece, granddaughter, wife, mother, neighbor, co-worker, friend and that's just the ones I can think of quickly. All of those titles are given when you are in a relationship to someone else and by thinking a little about it we can know that when we're in a relationship we do have an effect on others! The definition of "Relationship" is: the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.
My thoughts in this are are brought on by my mother's health. My mother is 89 and has been under Hospice care for awhile now. She is not currently doing well and it has a large effect on me. I am connected to her...
I know in our world we see only in the physical, so we don't see what all there is beyond the physical, but there is a lot more to life than just the seen.
Just today I am aware of a connection between people that makes us all a link in a chain. We are simply one link...we cannot ignore the connection to others without leaving part of our life lacking.
Some of the links we are born with and some we add as we go through life...some are strong and some are weak...but a link I have to my mother is one that has been in place since before my birth, it has been a loving, caring relationship between two people, can you imagine the strength of that part of the chain in my life? Take time to think of yourself in a chain and the links you have made. Are you a strong link for others or a weak link? Have you appreciated the strength of the connection they have with you? If that link was gone...how much weaker is your chain?
I am writing this to encourage each person to value and treat with love and respect the people that have been linked to us. Life is short and in the end the people that we have touched will be what is of value. Do you touch with love and respect?
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