ABSTRACT
Whether we identify with a constructivist or objectivist view, relationships serve as an anchor in our experience of reality. Relationships are like a cable that runs through the whole of life and are at one time our connection to the past and future. We experience the complex threads of the cable of intertwined relationships in something called the here and now, even though it clearly is tied to forgotten and vague recollections in the past and runs to a speculative and unclear future. But even though the pathway of the relationship cable is not clearly seen by us, we know that it is connected. The past relationships of our previous generations as well as our experiences with our friends and families clearly affect us in our here and now relational experiences. In the same manner, the relationship decisions we now make contribute to cable strength or weakness as it heads toward the future. Changes in the relational structure now no doubt impact and determine the relationships that we have in the future and in many ways affect the relationships of our unborn lineage.
