Viewpoint on New Relationships

Often early on in new relationships, whether in your personal or business life, the other person will treat you well.  The person may compliment you, shower you with gifts, or be extremely considerate.  The key to a person’s behavior, however, is to pay attention to how that person treats himself or herself.  Observe the person’s behaviors or attitudes because most often people will eventually treat you as they treat themselves.

Is the person scattered or focused? —responsible or reckless? —inflexible or tolerant? —generous or withholding?  —self-respectful or disdaining? —self-confident or arrogant?  Or loving and kind to himself/herself?

The idea is that you can only truly love another person as much as you love yourself.  Be sure that the person loves and respects himself or herself before entrusting that person with your heart.