Trust, too, to a certain degree is essential for any human relationship to work. While we can’t go around trusting everyone, the loss of it between two individuals who are meant to have a close relationship (either mother and daughter, husband and wife, a dating couple etc), gradually or suddenly, will make it impossible for the relationship to carry on... when we start to doubt the other person’s ability or commitment or even things they say.. .. While nothing may have tangibly changed in the other person, trust can erode subconsciously in our own minds, making us suspicious and hurtful… eventually this divide starts to grow and before you know it, you no longer feel anything for the other person except resentment, anger or some other negative feeling.

Appreciation is about accepting and loving people as they are – what they look like, what they are capable of, what they do, what they say, their values and their beliefs. Its about loving their rhythm and constantly reminding them how wonderful they are. When two people first get together, it is easy to tell the other person how wonderful they are (because you truly think so!) Your eyes sparkle at things they say and your body language shows full acceptance for what and who they are. Then along the way, we begin to stop telling them these nice things. Next thing we know it, we begin thinking of changing these people. Little things start to annoy us and we forget why we loved them in the first place. In fact, we may even feel that telling them they look nice or whatever sound a little contrived and silly and we stop ourselves (even though these words are like vitamins that they need for daily nourishment in this world filled with criticisms and harsh words)…

Conclusion: Cherish the people you are with today.. 'cos they just may not be with you again tomorrow...