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I think it helps to look at the sum of the whole instead of discrete instances. Sure if you break it down small enough, it's pretty easy to define how one person pays the cost and the other gets a benefit, but friendships and relationships are long term things. So for example in a given friendship this year I may be reaping more of the benefit as I go through life mess X, but next year my friend may be drawing on my support to deal with life mess Y. And the fact that we care enough about each other that the cost and disadvantage doesn't seem all that significant, but just the natural thing to do is what makes it work.
And yeah I think there can also be relational synergy where the benefits gained in the relationship are far greater than the sum of the cost in time and effort put in.
And yeah I think there can also be relational synergy where the benefits gained in the relationship are far greater than the sum of the cost in time and effort put in.
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As the rain hides the stars,
As the autumn mist hides the hills,
As the clouds veil the blue of the sky,
So the dark happenings of my lot
Hide the shining of your face from me.
Yet, if I may hold your hand in darkness,
It is enough, since I know that,
Though I may stumble in my going,
You do not fall.
(Celtic prayer)
As the autumn mist hides the hills,
As the clouds veil the blue of the sky,
So the dark happenings of my lot
Hide the shining of your face from me.
Yet, if I may hold your hand in darkness,
It is enough, since I know that,
Though I may stumble in my going,
You do not fall.
(Celtic prayer)
Grrrrr....
I know I'm oversensitive about some things these days, but when the church website has a link for single adults ministry and you click it and it redirects to a young adults 18-30 small group that looks like it's for anyone married or single. Well where exactly does that leave me (other than wanting to flame mail church leaders about it)?
I know I'm oversensitive about some things these days, but when the church website has a link for single adults ministry and you click it and it redirects to a young adults 18-30 small group that looks like it's for anyone married or single. Well where exactly does that leave me (other than wanting to flame mail church leaders about it)?
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