Finding Balance in Relationships
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The work of a lifetime...
"From our experience, it seems clear that we are more likely to find balance in relationships of all kinds--parent/child, life partners, friends, family, co-workers--when we:
o Are mindfully aware enough to know and be honest with ourselves and with others about what is really true for us;
o Communicate what is true for us with authenticity and compassion;
o Are willing to listen from the heart, and for the heart, in what is being communicated;
o Make the invisible visible by recognizing and clarifying assumptions and expectations;
o Know our options, and make conscious rather than compulsive choices;
o Show respect by being willing to "look again" or "look more deeply" into ourselves and others;
o Are patient, tolerant, and keep our sense of humor;
o Have confidence in ourselves and nurture trust in our relationships;
o Are kind, caring, and compassionate to ourselves as well as to others;
o Are committed to mutual enhancement through the relationship;
o See our relationship as a mutually supportive vehicle for realizing our highest potentials and for discovering a wholeness greater that our individuality.
o View the relationship as serving a larger sphere than just ourselves;
The training ground of your relationships will continue to offer moment to moment feedback on the quality of balance in your life. Receive this feedback with a sincere wish to learn, and the quality of your relationships will noticeably improve over time."
-- Joel & Michelle Levey excerpted from our book:
Living in Balance:
A Dynamic Approach for Creating Harmony & Wholeness
in a Chaotic World
is now available from:
http://www.cafepress.com/livinginbalance.90114317
Living in Balance is blessed by a Foreword by the Dalai Lama
and was a Book of the Month Club main selection.
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