Reflections, 7th November.

A native American "three sisters" garden where Maize, Squash and Corn provide each other with what they require to thrive.

On my mind this last week.

I'm finding weeks are fuller than they used to be. In addition to the things that typically occupy my attention, from family, friends, writing and client work, I find much of what I took for granted outside the boundaries of my day to day intruding for reasons far from welcome.

I've been thinking about relationships. When our lives are a web of relationships - with other people, the world we live in, with ideas, questions and many other things, these different relationships are the glue that keeps our society together. I found myself thinking about what relationships are made from. Clearly, we are all different, but I believe there are several common ingredients. 

Trust seems relatively apparent, as do commitment, intimacy, respect, understanding, equality, appreciation and gratitude. They all share qualities in that we cannot measure them -…