Dear Friends … What are you learning from your partner?

Dear Friends,

My husband Sam and I are as different as we are the same. A glimpse of one difference: I grew up as one of six children. And Sam grew up as an only child. I’m still challenged at times to consider what I want independent of everybody else, including him. He is still challenged to consider what he wants in the context of a relationship. Do you see the magic of this difference?

I honor our relationship. But if I don’t make a conscious effort, I honor it at the expense of ME. And if I betray me, I no longer have me to offer Sam. Without me, I can’t truly honor Sam or my relationship. Sam is going to express his independence. But unless he honors his authentic self, he can’t offer his authentic self to me, or to our relationship. And short of that, HE (his authentic self) has no relationship.

Each one of us is strategically positioned to learn what we must to revel in the satisfaction of balance. In a relationship, love demands that we stand on our own truth. And it also demands that we honor our loved one.

Here’s to loving and honoring our self enough to love and honor somebody else!

Love smiles,