Dear Market,
You and I are in a relationship which I value and want to keep. Yet you and I are separate entities with our own unique needs and the right to try to meet those needs. I will try to be genuinely accepting of your behaviour both when I agree with what you are doing and when I disagree with what you are doing.
When you share your ups and downs with me, I will try to take this in acceptingly and understandingly. I will do this in a way that recognizes your independence, rather than depending upon my views on what you should do. When you display behaviours that I think may be a problem, I encourage you to show me openly and honestly your moods and how you are feeling. At those times, I will listen and then do my best to modify my behaviour.
However, when your behaviour interferes with my meeting my own needs, thus causing me to feel not accepting of you, I will express, as openly and honestly as I can, exactly how I am feeling. I will do this through journaling or using a buddy. I at no time will insist that you should modify your behaviour.
When I cannot modify my behaviour to fit in with your moves, I will acknowledge that we are in a conflict. At those times, I will commit myself to resolving each such conflict without ever resorting to the use of blaming, shaming or excessive use of food, drugs or alcohol. I respect your needs and wants, and I also must respect my own. Consequently, I will always strive to search for solutions to our inevitable conflicts that will be acceptable to me. In this way, my needs will be met. No one will lose. You and I both will win.
As a result, you can continue to develop and grow, and so can I. Our relationship can always be a healthy one because it will be mutually satisfying. Thus I can become what I am capable of being, and I can continue to relate to you with respect, friendship, trust, love and peace.'
The relationship you have with the market is an intimate one and maybe similar to two people in a committed relationship. The above credo is modelled after a commitment statement for a committed relationship. Do these words suit you? Can you modify this and have it as a guideline for your relationship with the market? What would you need to commit to in order to make your relationship with the market a long lasting one?
And they lived happily thereafter.
Believe, achieve.
You and I are in a relationship which I value and want to keep. Yet you and I are separate entities with our own unique needs and the right to try to meet those needs. I will try to be genuinely accepting of your behaviour both when I agree with what you are doing and when I disagree with what you are doing.
When you share your ups and downs with me, I will try to take this in acceptingly and understandingly. I will do this in a way that recognizes your independence, rather than depending upon my views on what you should do. When you display behaviours that I think may be a problem, I encourage you to show me openly and honestly your moods and how you are feeling. At those times, I will listen and then do my best to modify my behaviour.
However, when your behaviour interferes with my meeting my own needs, thus causing me to feel not accepting of you, I will express, as openly and honestly as I can, exactly how I am feeling. I will do this through journaling or using a buddy. I at no time will insist that you should modify your behaviour.
When I cannot modify my behaviour to fit in with your moves, I will acknowledge that we are in a conflict. At those times, I will commit myself to resolving each such conflict without ever resorting to the use of blaming, shaming or excessive use of food, drugs or alcohol. I respect your needs and wants, and I also must respect my own. Consequently, I will always strive to search for solutions to our inevitable conflicts that will be acceptable to me. In this way, my needs will be met. No one will lose. You and I both will win.
As a result, you can continue to develop and grow, and so can I. Our relationship can always be a healthy one because it will be mutually satisfying. Thus I can become what I am capable of being, and I can continue to relate to you with respect, friendship, trust, love and peace.'
The relationship you have with the market is an intimate one and maybe similar to two people in a committed relationship. The above credo is modelled after a commitment statement for a committed relationship. Do these words suit you? Can you modify this and have it as a guideline for your relationship with the market? What would you need to commit to in order to make your relationship with the market a long lasting one?
And they lived happily thereafter.
Believe, achieve.
