Relationships

Relationships www.CarolGoddard.net Carol Goddard .... Relationships By Carol Goddard Why is family important to me? My family are my biggest teachers. My family are the ones who get to see me in my 'raw' state. They are the ones who even when I don't like what is happening, or I can feel my self resisting something, my family are the ones who are best positioned for me to learn from. Our families are the ones that can usually see through masks we put up, and they are the ones that can push our buttons more than anyone else. So they offer us an amazing opportunity to grow and learn about ourselves. What ever bug's you in the family unit there is a reason for it. So there is some learning experience that you can have from that. If you focus on the problem you can spend years getting upset and caught up in the drama, all it does is lead to further frustration and anger, if you stop and look at why it is the way that it is, you may just have a learning experience. We can change the questions that we ask ourselves from: Why is this person doing this to me? To: What can I learn from this experience? This is where we can move beyond playing out the childhood belief structures and set ups and interact with each other as adults. So why are relationships important to me? When I am interacting with another person I get to see another point of view which broadens my perspective, that's why interacting with people who have a different outlook enriches my life. I love the adventure and ...