Are you current?

At every stage of life, we find peace and fulfillment in our relationships that are current.  A current relationship is one in which both have said everything they need to say to one another, whether it is supporting or challenging.  Our relationships are current when we no longer harbor unexpressed feelings.

Lately I have been thinking alot about the relationships I have and have had.  If we were to create a category for all the different relationships we have I imagine there would be an abundance of varied answers.

Relationship is the way in which two or more concepts, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.

Wow that opens up so many avenues. 

The relationships we have with our families and close friends are of a more intimate matter than what we may have with our co-workers or a mere acquaintance.  We have relationships with our pets, our hair stylist, our banker, the list of human relations can go on and on. 

We also have relationships with objects- we may have a love/hate relationship with our exercise equipment.  When we make a decision to buy a new vehicle we enter into it with great care in choosing this object that we will have a relationship with. 

Some relationships are called mutually beneficial relationships in which both parties will benefit from.  There is a bird that lives off the back of tortoises by pulling off the old detritus from their skin.  This is mutually beneficial because it feeds the birds and because the tortoises are better off without it.

With all that said ( I told you I ramble with my thoughts) my inspiration this week comes from my thoughts about my relationships in my life.

What can I do to make sure I am current with my spouse, my children, my siblings, my dear friends?  It is as much my responsibility as it is those who I enter into relationships with to be "current"  If I never had another chance to speak with them do they really know me?  So they know what is important to me? So they know how important they are to me?  Do they know that I fight fiercely for those I love?  Do they know that if they needed me the highest mountain would not seperate me from them?  Do they know that they and their feelings mean so much more to me than things? 
Do they know that loving them keeps me alive?

Not all relationships are supposed to last a lifetime; some are supposed to end.  Some are supposed to last fifty years, others six months, some relationships are only complete when a person dies; others complete themselves during our lifetimes.  The length of a relationship, or how it ends, in s never wrong.  It's simply life.  Ultimately, we have to look at relationships in terms of whether or not they are complete, and how to best complete them.

Are you Current ?