Loving Yourself: July 2006 Archives

At Flow Forums, we talk about how the media often defines our relationship expectations, what the person has as opposed to who a person is. We tend to focus upon the externals. How do you think this may affect a relationship?

We at the Flow advocate that in looking for Mr/Mrs Right that we must first look within. This speaks to knowing yourself and your real motivations which consequently affect relationship choices. How important is knowing who you are in establishing a successful relationship. What's your opinion?

In the last Flow Forum at the Intimate Engagements the question was posed… Do we know who we are? Is there a core self that never changes? Or, is knowing oneself a process of ongoing self examination and discovery. Roy, of The Flow says that he knows who he is. But is that merely knowing you like the color red, blueberry waffles, action movies and fast cars? Marc believes that knowing yourself is a journey, not a destination. He feels that who he was last year =, last month and even yesterday is not who I am today. The Flow advocates that in looking for Mr/Mrs Right, first look within. This speaks to knowing yourself and your real motivations which consequently affect our relationship choices. Whether you think of yourself as a static entity, like Roy or as ever evolving, knowing and loving yourself is one of the keys to successful relationships! What’s you take? THE FLOW WANTS TO KNOW…