Bloom Through Others: How Relationships Help Us Grow

People often say that no man is an island and that we can never get through life alone.

We will always need other people to surround us. Living completely alone, isolated from everyone around you, can lead to a particular form of insanity that cannot be explained by medical science and why your brain starts to change when you isolate yourself completely from others.

However, this is more of the extreme of separation. Many books, like Love, Lies, and Lab Coats, show us the beauty of forming and cherishing bonds with others, how relationships can help us grow, and how, like buds, we can bloom through others.

How do we bloom through others and grow through relationships?

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Emotional support

Often, we need validation before doing something. Whether it is your confidence to be able to go up on stage or the support when your friends are motivating you to take a difficult exam, we often need some version of emotional support in order to do certain things and achieve great lengths.

Emotional support helps us bloom through others because it builds confidence and resilience as we face different challenges throughout our lives. It also gives us a sense of security and stability that no matter what we face and even in the face of failure, we are able to return to certain people who will accept us regardless of what mistakes we have made.

Understand various perspectives

We can only view life through our own personal lens, which is why, to understand others and recognize different points of view based on different experiences or even social status, we need others to explain why or how it is different for them. Most of the time, if we get too wrapped up in our own perspectives, we trap ourselves in the world that we currently are in and are stuck with the same skill set until the end.

However, when we can understand various perspectives and see why some things should be taken from other points of view or how specific actions can be unfair or hurtful to others,  we begin to understand the world in a broader sense, and help us challenge our false assumptions and become better at critical thinking and analysis.

Moreover, when we are able to see different perspectives, we are also able to learn and bloom through others, not only in terms of lessons or scientific facts but also to expand our fields of interest or quirks, characteristics, and abilities.

Develop better communication skills

Most of us think that social skills are only important for certain jobs and that there are other jobs that don’t actually need any socialization at all. However, this is not the case because most, if not all, jobs require you to work with others or a superior.

This means that in order to do well and work better with others, we should develop communication skills to get across what we want and to potentially defend ourselves if we were to be in a situation where we were being exploited. Moreover, communication skills help us build better relationships, which could not only strengthen but also improve the other benefits that I mentioned earlier.

Increased self-awareness

Most people assume that self-awareness can only happen through reflection. While this is a way for us to understand ourselves better, allowing others to view us gives a more accurate description of who we are and our capabilities.

Navigating the complexities of relationships allows us to bloom through others. It can lead to increased self-awareness and a deeper understanding of one’s needs, desires, and boundaries. You understand yourself more through your relationships with others because you can foster better bonds with those who can recognize who you are and even call you out when you are wrong.

Final Thoughts

Overall, relationships play a significant role in helping us discover ourselves, allowing some self-growth, and giving us someone to count on to guide us when the times get rough. Want to read about how we can grow by forming bonds and relationships with others through an entertaining and relatable novel? Purchase Love, Lies & Lab Coats.