We form relationships with everything.

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A new project, a career, a partner.

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It is not just about the people in our lives.

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For we are relationship making creatures.

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Yet we often don't give thought to how we form relationships.

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To who we are in relationship to the other.

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And what that relationship means to us.

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All of this creates the tone and feeling of the relationship.

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Though there is one factor we usually do not think about.

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It can be the most important aspect of the relationship.

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For it can govern how the relationship develops and unfolds over time.

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And that is how do we enter into the relationship.

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How we start a relationship will determine a lot about the relationship.

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Do we enter into it timidly?

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Or thoughtlessly?

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Are we in a position of strength?

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Or of weakness?

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I there an element of love in how we enter?

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Are we listening to our inner voice about how this relationship will feel?

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All of these factors and more will govern how the relationship will evolve and grow over time.

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Normally, the energy around how we start a relationship will be the energy throughout the life of the relationship.

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It does not matter whether it is a relationship with a new lover, a new business, or a new diet.

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The energy of how we start carries on throughout it.

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Yet so often we mindlessly enter into a relationship with something new and do not pay attention to how we are starting it.

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If we are coming from a place of fear, there will be a lot of fear in the relationship.

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When we come from a place of empowerment and confidence, the relationship will evolve to further support our growth.

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Most importantly, when we enter into a relationship with awareness and consciousness, we will not encounter any surprises along the way.

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Thinking about why we are entering into the relationship and what we are contributing and receiving from the relationship is important to do from the veery beginning.

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The more unclear and fuzzy we are about the relationship, the more it will go in directions we never expected.

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Being clear about all of these aspects of a relationship from the start will serve us throughout the entire life of the relationship.

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Especially in our relationship with ourselves.

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We have entered into it without awareness, but now we make a new choice.

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To start a new relationship with ourselves that supports our growth and our joy.

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Regardless of how we have been with ourselves int he past.

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Each day is a new opportunity to start a new relationship with everything.

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Let's start it in a mindful and conscious manner.

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So what relationships did you enter into without enough consideration?

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Can you now start a new phase of that relationship that will serve you better?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour