Are You Ready For a New Relationship?

So, how do you know if you’re ready for a new relationship? Is it a feeling? Is it perfect timing, or do you just know? Feelings, timing and the inexplicable are not reliable indicators that you’re ready for a new relationship. Sure, you may have made decisions in the past based on one or all of them, but it doesn’t mean they led you to make the right decisions. Why? Because feelings, timing and the inexplicable are all surface level indicators, and in many cases they are temporary. You can feel one way today and feel the complete opposite way tomorrow. If the timing is “perfect” right now, what does that make it a second from now, a minute from now, or even an hour from now? What exactly is it that we “know” and why can’t we clearly explain it?

Deciding whether to enter into a relationship or not requires time, thought and exploration beyond the surface and all the way to the root.

What’s the root? You are the root.

Your present.

Your past.

Your pain.

Your joy.

Your baggage.

Your memories.

As you explore the root, you must develop love, peace and patience. Love for your Creator, yourself and others. Peace within yourself and with all that you’ve endured throughout your life. Patience to not rush the process or your journey.

Relationships and companionships are both remarkable, but I truly believe we limit them, ourselves and others when we enter into them without exercising wisdom.

Wisdom tells us to slow down, take time for ourselves, heal completely, think twice and don’t act irrationally. It’s time that we listen. Yes, we desire a relationship and we may even be ready for one, but don’t we owe it to ourselves and our potential new partner to at least ask ourselves a few questions before entering into a new relationship? Personally, I think that’s the least we can do.

1. Have you ever invested time to ask yourself a few questions before entering into a new relationship? 
2. How do you know when you’re ready to enter into a new relationship? 
3. What things do you consider before making that decision? 

So, how do you know if you're ready for a new relationship? Only you can answer that...

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