Thursday, October 18, 2012

acknowledging people_10/15-10/21


I have been interested in this topic since my first real relationship in high school. For the first time, I learned how to open up to another person and grow a strong relationship. We never had problems with communicating and always told each other what we liked, and didn’t like about the relationship. Expressing the things we felt uncomfortable with in terms of the way the relationship was going helped us fix the issues and we got through it stronger than before. We had some problems, though, that seemed to never have a resolution. The trust slowly started to disappear and nothing we did to try and fix it brought it back. As she started getting more comfortable with me, she became verbally abusive whenever things between us didn’t go his way. I felt that I needed space and some more time with my friends but she couldn’t understand why.  The most things I failed to do was to acknowledge and give recognition what she was trying to say and humbly respect her point of view on issues that concerns us. Reading this chapter brought to light what I never developed, the aspect of acknowledgment, recognition and endorsement.

 

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