Relationships are only as alive as the people engaging in them.
—Donald B. Ardell—
We receive from every experience in proportion to what we give. In other words, the richness of our lives is necessarily dependent on the depth of our commitment. Reserved involvement guarantees only limited rewards, while wholehearted efforts promise full-scale returns. In all aspects of our lives, we’ll find this to be true.
Our relationships gift us justly. These experiences with others are woven together, and their beauty is equal to the beauty we bring to one another’s company. However, if we bring only criticism and bleak hopelessness to a relationship, we’ll find despair rather than joy. Every relationship is the sum and substance of the partners involved. No relationship is more fruitful than the efforts of those doing the pruning. How much do I give to the relationships I deem meaningful? They bless me in just proportion to what give. Today gives me a chance to make a greater contribution.