# Relationship Relationship is the living connection between beings. ## Meaning A relationship is not only one person's feeling about another person. It is the connection that exists between beings through attention, history, action, communication, responsibility, care, boundaries, repair, and [[Shared Meaning|shared meaning]]. A relationship can be more well or more unwell. The health of a relationship asks whether the connection has the capacity to [[Health|function, recover, and grow]]. [[Social Well-being]] is the dimension of [[Well-being|well-being]] that looks most directly at relationships. [[Relational Action]] is action chosen because it supports the health of a relationship. ## Source Of Meaning This note is grounded in Joe's repeated focus on family, friendship, The Brotherhood, collaboration, language alignment, and the desire for meaning to improve real relationships. ## Relationship Over Time This note should mature through actual relationships, conversations, repairs, agreements, disagreements, boundaries, misunderstandings, commitments, and shared work. ## Links - [[Social Well-being]] - [[Shared Meaning]] - [[Shared Meaning Check]] - [[Language Alignment]] - [[Relational Action]] - [[Well-being]] - [[Health]] - [[Being]] - [[Being Well]] - [[Being Unwell]] - [[Source Of Meaning]] ## Tensions A relationship is shared, but each being experiences it privately. Joe's Mynd can clarify Joe's meaning and action, but it should not pretend to own another person's inner world. ## Question Is this connection being helped to function, recover, and grow?