My mom used to say that flowers and women need special care in order for them to blossom beautifully. It is true mostly (Is that a word?). One might argue that wild flowers do not need special care, they just grow by themselves without fuss and bloom effortlessly. Likewise, there are women who are naturally beautiful even without make up, styled hair, etc. – not fair 🙁 Did I say that out loud? Anyways, that’s why I said “mostly”. We also need to take care of our relationships for them to bloom. We need to invest time and be patient to reap the results of beautiful blossom of frienship. Aha,…

“Blood is thicker than water.” is a well-known saying in any culture. It is widely accepted. If it is true, why is it so? Is it purely biological or psychological? Something we learned to accept it? In my experience, it is ture that it is much easier to end a non-biological relationship after some dispute or sour experience. I have moved on without the individual in my life. Sometimes when I look back, I often wished that we overcame the negative experience and reconciled. On the contrary, with biological relationships, even after I realize that it is a toxic relationship or has red flags all over the places indicating dysfunction,…