Investing in relationships
The woman appears deceptively weak, fragile and vulnerable. Yet there is enormous vitality waiting to be tapped. Even traditionally shakti or power is associated with a goddess, with the feminine! The woman plays an anchor role in keeping the family together and maintaining friction-free relationships. Yet she can also be disruptive and fragment a well-knit unit if she so chooses.
In modern times she has to balance various roles - that of mother, wife, home manager with office responsibilities and a career. Sometimes she also is the sole bread - winner. Society expects her to be mature, patient, understanding, soft-spoken, mild, warm, caring and a picture of grace and charm. On the other hand circumstances demand that she be tough, independent, a solution provider, leader, one who brings up children well and takes care of the husband.
This calls for a move from complacency to competency, couch potato to savvy manager. She has to make inspiration a reality. Be an integration manager, bringing together the varied aspects of her personality into one composite whole.
Relationships form the backbone, not only in domestic life, but in social and corporate areas as well. We all want meaningful relationships. But when two people get together, instead of generating harmony they create cacophony, distress and friction.
This calls for a B2B approach - back to basics. The core values of our own culture. What are they?
