Relationships That Bring Out the Best

I've often said that I think that
the best relationships for me are
the ones where I have interests,
he has interests, and we have
interests that overlap.

I think that there is much to be
said for what someone can bring
to my life, and bring to me as a
person. I have often found the
best of me as well as parts of me
that have been hidden or unexpressed
when I am in a relationship that
allows me to be me.

In exchange, I can only hope that
someone who is intimate with me
finds similar things for himself/
about himself.

It makes sense to me that someone
who challenges us can also help
us grow. That word, "challenge"
though isn't one that I mean in
a confrontative way. I mean it
more as in challenging one to
think, to question, to inspire,
to be inspired, to grow.

And while I am thinking about it,
I suspect that this is who I am
with anyone that I am in contact
with. I find that I often encourage
the best of a person, sometimes
in spite of themselves! (And,
FYI, the best never means their
"perfect" self.)

Personally I think life would
be boring if things never changed
or grew. I decorated my home the
way I always thought I would like
it to be, and now it is in the
process of becoming something
else - just like me...
ever growing,
ever changing,
ever curious.

Welcome to my rabbit hole.
Going down? :)