Having the right relationships will help you to soar in life; they\u2019re like the wind beneath your wings. But the wrong relationships will drag you down; they\u2019re like a ball and chain around your feet. To know which relationships are good for you and which are not, here are three guidelines: <\/p>\n
(1) When a relationship is not working, acknowledge it.<\/i> Sometimes you must cut your losses. The old saying goes, \u2018When you\u2019re in a hole, stop digging!\u2019 Accept the fact that sometimes your efforts are not enough and that you can\u2019t help everyone. Releasing someone doesn\u2019t mean they will never get better; it just means that God is more qualified to help them than you are. <\/p>\n
(2) There is a difference between helping someone and carrying them.<\/i> This is particularly so when you\u2019re dealing with a person who always turns to you for help and tries to make you feel guilty when you\u2019re \u2018not there\u2019 for them. Don\u2019t try to be someone\u2019s God. Your constant help may actually be a hindrance\u2014you have become a crutch and an enabler. Step back and let them learn to walk on their own. <\/p>\n
(3) Don\u2019t allow your fear of criticism to restrain your common sense.<\/i> Here is a fact of life that you must learn to live with: not everyone will be pleased with you! The truth can hurt and often alienate, but it\u2019s still the truth. There are times when you must \u2018tell it like it is\u2019 and accept the consequences and disapproval. The only way to avoid criticism is to always say what everyone desires to hear, which is equal to living a lie in a relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having the right relationships will help you to soar in life; they\u2019re like the wind beneath your wings. But the wrong relationships will drag you down; they\u2019re like a ball and chain around your feet. To know which relationships are good for you and which are not, here are three guidelines: (1) When a relationship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}