Litmus of relationship

I through my experiences so far have understood that the real litmus of relationship is passed only when we travel and share a journey. It teaches a lot about a person we are traveling with, so much so that years of knowing a person turn hostile.

As we enter a journey phase, there are facets that unfolds; not only about the other person but also about self. A journey, thus, holds true for knowing ourselves and the abilities (with disabilities) we possess. A journey checks out our patience to arrive at a consensus, guide a group in a definite direction, take criticism and accept those, sync us with the natures of other people, accommodating capability, enduring the test to tackle arguable situations with calm and poise, respecting individuals, retaining self respect and dignity, …

The list is perpetual. The fact that we return back in our daily lives thus offers us an insight where we are comfortable, what is my boundary to the world around, to the people I interact, and so on. A few days back, a dear friend of mine recalled my take on journeys as an essence of identifying people sans their superficial existence. Friend’s account of reminding me, that I was correct (probably having gone through a reality check at the first place), gave a sense of relief. I was right when I had taken to journeys with people known or unknown. Today, I have been proven right again. So, I wish everybody “happy journeys” to know what they are and whom they are with. Travel a lot and make them into journeys and know people (friends, relatives, family, colleagues, accomplices, etc.) what they actually are as individual personality.