10 things to consider to make your relationship last forever

In this highly competitive times, with increased focus on career growth & job stability, many personal relationships either survive or stale. I thought it might be useful for my friends out there, by penning down a few important things to make your relationships last stronger & forever.

Impeccable Five C’s (Cash, Car, Credit Card, Condominium, Country Club) of materialism have overtaken many other priorities of life when it comes to professionals. Materialistic values become unavoidable to maintain a good quality of life and hunt for this might incur losses on personal front. Striking a good work-life balance is a sliver-lining for success in both professional & personal aspects. Below are 10 things you might want to consider to make your relationship last forever,

1. Love: The primary and important pillar of any relationship is “Love”. The people involved in any relationship must be loving each other unconditionally, irrespective for what they are, how they are and where they are in their life.
2. Care: The important fact that is differentiating you from others when you are in any relationship is how much you care for each other. Caring about each other increases affection in any relationship which paves a way for stronger belonging together.
3. Share: The value of human life itself is depicted in how we share our world with others. In relationship as well sharing is of high importance whether it’s time, materials, feelings or resources for that matter. For any stronger relationship tomorrow it’s better to start sharing today.
4. Communicate: We are living in 21’st century, it’s highly impractical not to communicate with each other while all these mediums of communications are available for you round the clock at your finger tips. Successful relationships are driven by open communications. Active communications also add value to any relationships not only when things are going good but also during bad days as support for you is not far.
5. Accept: In Relationship expectations from each person grow over a period of time. The ideal way to deal in any relationship is by lowering your expectations and by increasing the acceptance criterion for what comes on your way. You must be able to accept realities of life and open yourself than being close ended.
6. Trust: The world runs on trust. Trust is a key factor in any relationship. Being trustworthy is the only best option to have any relationship drive longer distances. Building a body of lies might help you achieve immediate fixes, however in long run it will never help. Building a trust is not easy as it have to happen by your actions, statements and efforts. First and foremost is to be trustworthy for yourself, if other person in a relationship cannot accept you as such and you’re trying to make up yourself to fit in for the other persons wish, you are not going to be trustworthy for yourself by being in that situation.
7. Emotions: Feelings and emotions are 2 sides of one coin when it comes to relationship. Humans are social beings, we’re driven by emotions and feelings and this makes each of us unique. Our emotions and feelings we carry moulds our identity. In any relationship it’s highly important to understand how each other feel when you are around or not.
8. Openness: Every person comes with a baggage and in any relationship we must be open to accept their past, work together in presence and join hands to explore future. Without openness in life you are trying to create a wall in between each other. For any successful long term relationship  you must work together to reduce the width, breadth and height of this separation wall by being open to each other genuinely.
9. Time: Spending time together and sharing your presence with each other during a relationship is the most valuable gift you can demand for. By spending time you can always know about each other on their interests, willingness, thoughts, passion, hobbies, short comings and more. The most precious thing you can give to the other person in present world is your time which is more valuable than anything else.
10. Materialism: People becoming more career and work focused is quite natural in present stressful life. Finances, career and other materialistic values are important for a better quality of life. So being in relationship, each other must understand how they perceive things about their materialistic life as well so you can work towards your common goals and built a success path for each others to follow.

Remember, Rome was not built in a day, neither do relationship. Slow progress is better than no progress in relationship. My only recommendation for all out there in any relationship is that, let your goal be with someone who motivates you to become a better person and show you the potential that you don’t see in yourself. Always remember you cant promise a perfect relationship, but you can promise is that as long as you are trying you can stay :)

Best of Luck!

By,

Tom Jacobz / TJ
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