OP 27 June, 2019 - 06:36 AM
My mother told me something a couple of years ago that should have been pretty obvious.
That you need to invest in relationships - they don’t just grow themselves. And if you do, you will later reap the rewards.
Whether it’s with your spouse, parent, child, and friends, if you’re not prepared to invest in the relationship - through time, effort, the odd gift, being there when they need you - you won’t end up with much of one.
It’s where I see a lot of parents essentially lose their children - they carried out their ‘responsibilities’ really well but never spent quality time with their kids, never tried to just talk and listen to them, never even chatted over a coffee or ice-cream about life - and so when the kids grow up there isn’t enough of a relationship to attract them back.
If you have any valuable lesson please share it then.
That you need to invest in relationships - they don’t just grow themselves. And if you do, you will later reap the rewards.
Whether it’s with your spouse, parent, child, and friends, if you’re not prepared to invest in the relationship - through time, effort, the odd gift, being there when they need you - you won’t end up with much of one.
It’s where I see a lot of parents essentially lose their children - they carried out their ‘responsibilities’ really well but never spent quality time with their kids, never tried to just talk and listen to them, never even chatted over a coffee or ice-cream about life - and so when the kids grow up there isn’t enough of a relationship to attract them back.
If you have any valuable lesson please share it then.