Awareness:  Relationships:

Awareness, especially self-awareness is crucial if you are to have and enjoy happy relationships. So how and when do we become aware of ourselves? As children usually under the age of five, we really do not know ourselves at all we are not aware of anything apart from our natural feelings of hunger, thirst, and fear. But as we grow up and start mixing with other children of our own age, we start to become aware of our interactions with them. Were you sympathetic when your friend fell and cut her knee? Did you feel for the boy who was hurt playing football? Were you afraid when some bigger child threatened you? Did you insist that your friend hand over his sweets to you? These are all the things you learn about yourself as you grow up… The most revealing time is during your teenage years. Were you easily persuaded to do something you didn’t want to do or thought was wrong? Were you able to stand your ground when others were caving in? So many things to learn about yourself, and it is this self-awareness that enables us to make happy and enjoyable relationships, it is only by being aware of ourselves, and becoming aware of our family, friends and partners that we are able to build solid, happy, and successful unions with others. No two strong and controlling people will have a successful partnership. No two indecisive, week people will be happy together. However, by making sure you become truly aware, and understanding of your partner, or friends, and by being aware of your own potential can you build a happy relationship. We are all different with an enormous assortment of personal and social skills and by thinking and only by becoming aware of those skills can we be successful.