Good Monday!

A friend of a friend of mine stated one on Facebook that everything is Politics. I disagree. Politics has its venue, but personal and most honest business relationships are not political.

Relationships are like an out of tune piano. You have a tool to adjust each individual string, there are dozens, but no tuning forks. You must tighten or loosen a string and test it by ear, then compare it to the adjacent strings to determine if the tune is true. As you can tell tuning a piano in this method will be a lot of work, particularly if you are hampered by choosing your own note as a starting point. A relationship between two people, or two companies can only begin when each is tuning their note and then working through adjacent strings one at a time, until a harmonious chord is struck. Even then you may be several strings apart, and attempts to draw closer are thwarted by discord.

Relationships are therefore, and of necessity, give and take, trial and error.  You may have your starting note, and want to hold that note through thick and thin, demanding that anyone wanting a relationship have the same note which often results in possession problems of whose note it is. While changing your tune, or moving to another string, may put you in a more compatible and practical position with others to benefit the music the piano can play.

Relationships are about a wiliness and ability to play well with others, because without them your just one note.  

Have a wonderful week.

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