Is my stock up or down? Investing in relationships...
Is my stock up or down? Investing in relationships…
In this material world, everything has value. So how do we value relationships? This question goes for all types, lovers, friendships, and the one we have with ourselves. Does one outrank the others? Or are they all interdependent? And even more specifically, does the fact that one is single mean their stock goes up or down?
The market on men and women is vast. We judge them all and essentially place a value on each of them. For some, a short brown male with an infectious laugh is worth a lot more than a tall white male with a cute black Jetta…and for others not. It is impossible to pinpoint a set of guidelines to see exactly how much you are worth, but the market is ripe with investors all searching for a winner. It isn’t so much making yourself appealing to a greater number cause trust that when you put on an act and then fail to keep the show going, your audience loses interest. Be yourself, how cliché, but fail to do so and your stock may plummet.
And what makes us so anxious to dispel our single life? Does our relationship with our new lover of two weeks really outweigh a friendship that has lasted two years? When has anyone fought with their best friend as much as they do with their partner? Relationships are not all bad. The moments we share with our significant others over a bottle of wine or a bowl of cereal keeps most singles yearning for that indescribable happiness. I guess the happiness we share with someone special almost always overshadows the drunken happy memories of single life. Perhaps it is about time we stop ranking our relationships and instead, take all they have to offer. Is there ever a better moment when the worlds collide and you find they fit each other perfectly. Your new lover meets those most important in your life, your friends, your stock brokers essentially.
But hopefully, we have learned that stock brokers are not there to make decisions, they are advisors who we share a couple of Cosmos with after a long week. Friends have an amazing ability to read your thoughts and hold back, they will support and guide but never restrain. They are there when your stock is through the roof and make it feel like it soaring when its not. If the person you are with understands why these people, essentially extensions of you, are in your life and why they matter than trust that they are more than a potential investment.
Tonight I was thinking about my own stock, how much I was worth. Instead I closed the laptop and observed the market. There were first dates happening, anniversaries occurring, and dinner between friends, but the family stood out the most. Here was this couple with three kids, and I can tell you the last thing on his or her mind was their stocks. Instead they were absorbed in each other, in the lives they created, and in the love that helped them realize that they were priceless to one another. These relationships showed me the secret to investing, take risks and go with your heart. The stock market may be fluctuating, but as far as I am concerned, my stock will always be rising, and I am well worth it. I don’t need a buyer to tell me so, it would just be nice.