We are living in a difficult world. It is good relationships that alone can help us during the difficult times. Here are 18 ways to better your relationships.
Give space to others. Avoid talking too much about oneself.
Show interest in other people’s lives. Provide attention to
their problems and show them that you care about them.
Stop complaining. Stop being negative.
Avoid cutting off someone when they are talking. Allow them
to complete their conversation or idea.
Try not to ignore emails and text messages. If you are busy
leave a short note.
Try to remember important dates in other people’s lives.
Never forget to thank and praise. It means alot to many
people.
Never discuss the imperfections of your relationships with others.
Respect privacy of the other person. This is an important
aspect in a relationship often ignored.
The best way to get a relationship working is to have common
ground, common goals and shared goals.
Secrets in a relationship should always be secret. You
should never reveal secrets and by thus breaking trust in a relationship.
If you are going to be in a relationship with a person or
anything be honest and truthful. Do not get into a relationship with a motive
or under pressure.
Be extremely careful with financial dealings in a
relationship. Never make relationships based on money. Always help financially
when truly in need but do not pamper and shower with gifts and later regret.
As long as we live in society, we cannot escape from
difficult relationships. We need to focus on lessening the difficulty in
relationships. This can be done mainly through detachment, avoiding ego and
anger, and by not carrying the baggage of past and emotions.
Some relationships can never be good. We need to focus on
them not affecting us. Just learn to live with them through minimal
contact.
Stop seeking happiness and satisfaction in relationships.
When we have no expectation things move ahead smoothly.
We also need to accept the impermanence of things in life.
Good relationships turning bad and bad turning good are all part of the
impermanence in life.
Do not tell always what to do in a relationship. Respect
values, strengths and weaknesses in a person.