# 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?