What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life? This question always made me thoughtful. If I want to invest my time and energy for my future best self, where should I put them to?
What is the definition of success? Is it money or fame that makes us successful? Many of us simply run after them blindly; but we forget the simplest meaning of it. If we want to spend our time happily and peacefully, it is a must that we need to rethink it in a different way.
As human beings we live in a society and are directly inclined with a ton of relationships that make us what we are. It defines the subtle self and motivates us to be attainable towards a better living. The people around us are the most important factors to give us the best ambience to live within the social context.
Why is it important to keep our relationship healthy? The answer is simple; If you read my entire post I believe you may get some feelings about it. I will try to answer it in my own way. But before that I want to mention some other aspects which are crucial I think.
We're constantly told to lean in to work, to push harder and achieve more, gain more; whatever it is money or fame. We're given the false promises that these are the things that we need to achieve only in order to have a good life. But that is not the full picture my friend. Both of the things are important but not the only thing to make a person fulfill.
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Good relationships can keep us happy and healthy. There are three basic assumptions about relationships. The first one is most importantly social connections. As we know that living alone is quite impossible at some point for us and we know that loneliness just kills every good thing within us. It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to the community, are considerably happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected to relationships.
The experience of loneliness turns out to be so toxic that it can lead to something really really bad for us. People who are more isolated than others; they want to keep them apart from others are seen less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife. But the saddest part is many of us feel lonely but consider nothing to do about it.
We can be lonely in a crowd, lonely in the midst of a chaotic social life. It's not just the number of friends you have, and it's not whether or not you're in a committed relationship, but it's the quality of your close relationships that really matters. So, we all should give more attention to our near and dear ones. Talk to them, spend time with them and obviously share the sheer part of their life with us.
It has a good healing power which can ignite your present and certainly has the power to heal many of the problems you might face in your old age.
Good relationships don't just protect our bodies, they protect our brains. It is considered that those who are in a securely attached relationship really feel they can count on the other person in times of need, those people's memories stay sharper and long lasting.
I think it might be something as simple as replacing screen time with people. I believe it will certainly make some difference in your relationships. Reaching out to family members who you haven't spoken to in years can be a good start to work on this important notion. Those all-too-common family feuds can take a terrible toll on the people who hold the grudges.
12:04 I'd like to close with a quote from Mark Twain once said "There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heart burnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that."
And I simply know and consider that a good life is built with good relationships.
Thank you folks!
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