Relation"SHIPS"

We have relationships with everyone and everything, spouses, children, friends, co-workers, pets and yes, even food. What that relationship is going to be is entirely up to you.  That is why from time to time it is important for us to evaluate our relationships.

Sometimes they are gracefully adrift calm waters, sometimes they are aimlessly underway, bearing down on rocky waters and other times they are a sinking ship after being caught in the storm on the high seas.  All relationships are bound to experience changes in tide at one point or another and maybe just need a bit of steering to help them through a squall. Sinking ships, however, most often cannot be saved.  In the rare case that they can be, it will be damaged and in need of much repair.

A gracefully adrift "relation"ship may be one that is carefree, is both give and take, and where all parties involved are satisfied or pleased with the "ship's" set course.  A "relation"ship that is aimlessly underway and bearing down on rocky waters may be heading towards a buoy, which marks a "hazard" in the relationship. It may seem more give than take, or that it has been lost at sea for a while.  However, with some navigation can be redirected out of unsafe waters.  If it is a sinking ship - is it worth saving, towing into dock and repairing? Or is it destined to sink no matter how hard you try?

I have had a few challenges with relationships the last few days and figure it is time for me to evaluate which ones have a heading similar to mine, which ones are in need of some aids-to-navigation to set it back on course, and which ones are ships caught in the storm and taking on water.

Which "ship" does each of your relationships most represent?   If it is a ship in danger of sinking, can it be saved, repaired and deemed seaworthy or is it best to cast it off and let it be lost at sea? ~C