Love and Relationships

 Ways to Bring More Companionship Into Your Life: 1. Eat with a friend.  2. Go for a walk.  3. Go to the gym.  4. Go shopping.  5. Go to the movies.  6. Go on vacation.  7. Devote yourself to a cause.

 Surround Sound Support Systems need regular maintenance to be effective. Take a look at the relationships in your life. Make a list of ALL of the people that you are interacting with on a regular basis including friends, family, neighbors, and people you may not know all that well. Mentally walk through your different environments—work, neighborhood, church, gym, school, local coffee house—and write down the names of people you interact with or who support you in some way. 

 Having the appropriate relationships in place so that you have a Surround Sound Support System available to you on a daily basis keeps you from moving from crisis to crisis during the course of your life. What if you had to go to a new mechanic every time you had car trouble? Or what if your financial advisor only specialized in debt relief and couldn’t support you in trying to build wealth? Or what if your health care provider only treated disease, and wouldn’t be able to give you all the information you need to achieve optimum health over your extended life?

 Having friends of all ages, having children in our lives, insures that throughout our lives the number of funerals we attend will be balanced out by the number of celebrations we attend.   If you do experience significant loss, allow yourself time to heal, then dive back into life.

 The passing of time can make the bonds of relationships, whether they be family or friends, all the stronger and all the more cherished. Going through life’s ups and downs together not only creates memories but makes us the people we are. Having these relationships can be the biggest joy in our lives. However, outliving these important relationships can be one of the biggest challenges of living longer.  Having a Surround Sound Support System means you have people in your life that help you have the quality of life you desire, help you reach your full potential, and stick with you through tough times. While having these different circles of friends might mean you are never alone, it might not.

 The passing of time can make the bonds of relationships, whether they be family or friends, all the stronger and all the more cherished. Going through life’s ups and downs together not only creates memories, but makes us the people we are. Having these relationships can be the biggest joy in our lives. However, outliving these important relationships can be one of the biggest challenges of living longer.