Embracing Change Means Healthier Relationships.

We encounter a lot of change in our lives, don’t we? If you think about the last month of your life, numerous big and small changes took place. You can label them as good, bad, or indifferent. Some of them were the result of your actions. Most of them were not. We live in a great, hectic, and busy world with 7 billion others, so much change will be outside our influence. We can’t control it.

This means our relationships are constantly at risk of being impacted by the change. While we often see change as negative, embracing positive and negative change can make our relationships healthier.

Going Through Change Makes You More Open-Minded.

Relationships are all about give-and-take. You have to look at the other person in a relationship as possibly different from you. You learn their ideas and behaviors might not be similar to yours, but that doesn’t make them bad. The more change you encounter, the more you look at the world open-mindedly.

You begin to understand that there are so many realities out there. Your viewpoint isn’t the only one. While your values and beliefs are important and correct for you, other people have different ideas about how they should live. You learn that the people in your life can be vastly different than you when you experience and move past a lot of change.

Empathy Makes for Healthier Relationships

Empathy is the ability to understand how someone else feels. You don’t necessarily feel sympathy for them or judge them negatively. When you’re empathetic, it just means you can feel what you imagine someone else would. You may not agree with their situation or how they got there. What you do understand is their viewpoint and how that view is attached to their feelings and emotions.

Think about the many changes you’ve had in your life where you had to interact with others. When you embrace change, you don’t ignore these experiences. You jump right in and get the most you can out of them. The more you interact with others, the more empathetic you become. 

This can help your relationships with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. You understand where they are coming from emotionally, giving you a better appreciation of who they are. When you express that you understand and accept their feelings, their appreciation for you and the relationship also improves.