Relationships can contribute to happiness and they can also contribute to pain and sorrow. I have experienced both and discovered some things that helped me navigate the terrain. 

One thing that can be helpful is having a plan of action when you or your partner gets activated. Here are some tips on cultivating a life enriching relationship. It is best when both partners are actively working on these things. Regardless, if invested in your relationship these things will go a long way.

There are many stories about Martin Luther King Jr. that remind us of his dream. There is one story in particular that stands out and reminds me to see the good in others.

It is a story that goes back to when King was in a meeting with some team members. Bobby Kennedy had just become the U.S. attorney general. Many leaders of the civil rights movement were distraught.

Harry Belafonte, one leader at the time, described Bobby Kennedy as, “famously not interested in the civil rights movement.”