weTRANSFORM - blog

 A friend of mine, while writing an article about accountability for a magazine, asked whether I had some suggestions. I immediately thought about accountability in our various relationships. So, now I share my thoughts here. Every single person on the planet has relationships with other people. We were made that way. We were not made to be alone. We were made to belong. We will never be happy when we're alone. Any relationship in its most basic form, is based on at least a few basic principles, like mutual respect (or disrespect), care (or disregard), love (or hate). The good ones have positive attributes while the bad ones has negatives. Our relationships form the social infrastructure of our interactions with other people.  Marthie and I have been married for almost 42 years (both first marriages) and we have been through some of the worst experiences thinkable. Bankruptcy, death of loved ones, loss of our home, career issues, financial uncertainty (understatement!), and he...