Everything in life is relative. Relative to what? Depends on your state of mind.
If you have a personality that does not mind much about much then you are relatively calm...dare I say almost Zen - utopian.
If you get irked with poor customer service or falsified claims whether they are from a car rental that did not deliver the car of choice or whether it was a food product that did not meet published expectation you are a normal human - relatively speaking of course.
If you think hard about it what matters to you at any point in your life is a function of how old you get. As a kid you see many things for the first time and get enamored with quite a few - its only natural - and many a times are in awe to the point of desiring it and if able to obtain said good then being attached to it.
As you age your world view most likely changes and you start decoding what matters and what does not. Pretty soon you are at a point where you are not inclined to hang on to a whole lot but let things slide and focus on what really matters - i.e. Good Health, Good Relations (with some or many individuals that matter in small or large part in that point in life) and Financial Stability (what is stable is also - you guessed it -relative).
On that note Good Relations are those that you claim to develop with people in your sphere of interaction, whether at work or in your social circle - or pentagon or whatever polygon suits your taste.
Some people stretch their goals to make connections in many corners of the globe either because they are ones that can use their influence or can influence outcomes somewhere else.
Blood lines are a common source of relations - they are not all necessarily worthwhile. Today's world has changed so rapidly (relatively speaking) that what we thought was the rule book in 2000 is now a new version in 2011.
I recently encountered some cousins after a couple of decades and shared a night over dinner reminiscing some moments and inquiring about each others' lives and lifestyles.
Good fun was had by all without getting too worked up about events in history that may not have been appetizing for all concerned. Whether society can move on with such stepping stones serving as vitamin shots to a system or whether a periodic appearance of individuals from the past is warranted is subject to individual interpretation.
What makes Relatives Relevant or Irrelevant is a function of how the relationship developed and whether there was the generational maturity in the group to absorb the changes that come naturally with evolution.
If you have a personality that does not mind much about much then you are relatively calm...dare I say almost Zen - utopian.
If you get irked with poor customer service or falsified claims whether they are from a car rental that did not deliver the car of choice or whether it was a food product that did not meet published expectation you are a normal human - relatively speaking of course.
If you think hard about it what matters to you at any point in your life is a function of how old you get. As a kid you see many things for the first time and get enamored with quite a few - its only natural - and many a times are in awe to the point of desiring it and if able to obtain said good then being attached to it.
As you age your world view most likely changes and you start decoding what matters and what does not. Pretty soon you are at a point where you are not inclined to hang on to a whole lot but let things slide and focus on what really matters - i.e. Good Health, Good Relations (with some or many individuals that matter in small or large part in that point in life) and Financial Stability (what is stable is also - you guessed it -relative).
On that note Good Relations are those that you claim to develop with people in your sphere of interaction, whether at work or in your social circle - or pentagon or whatever polygon suits your taste.
Some people stretch their goals to make connections in many corners of the globe either because they are ones that can use their influence or can influence outcomes somewhere else.
Blood lines are a common source of relations - they are not all necessarily worthwhile. Today's world has changed so rapidly (relatively speaking) that what we thought was the rule book in 2000 is now a new version in 2011.
I recently encountered some cousins after a couple of decades and shared a night over dinner reminiscing some moments and inquiring about each others' lives and lifestyles.
Good fun was had by all without getting too worked up about events in history that may not have been appetizing for all concerned. Whether society can move on with such stepping stones serving as vitamin shots to a system or whether a periodic appearance of individuals from the past is warranted is subject to individual interpretation.
What makes Relatives Relevant or Irrelevant is a function of how the relationship developed and whether there was the generational maturity in the group to absorb the changes that come naturally with evolution.
One of my favorite books of all time, and title too, is 'My Family and Other Animals'. Relevant or not (relatively speaking?) I don't know.
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