How one is with others is influenced by the degree of authentic awareness of self as caring person. Caring for self as person requires experiencing self as other and yet being one with self, valuing self as special and unique, and having the courage, humility, and trust to honestly know self. It takes courage to let go of the present so that it may be transcended and new meaning be discovered. Letting go, of course, implies a freeing of oneself from present constraints so that we may see and be in new ways. One who cares is genuinely humble in being ready and willing to know more about self and others. Such humility involves the realization that learning is continuous and the recognition that each experience is unique. As my commitment to persons as caring moves into the future, I must choose again and again to ratify it or not. This commitment remains binding and choices are made based on devotion to this commitment. Personhood is the process of living grounded in caring. Personhood implies living out who we are, demonstrating congruence between beliefs and behaviors, and living the meaning of one's life. As a process, personhood acknowledges the person as having continuous potential for further tapping the current of caring. Therefore, as person we are constantly living caring and unfolding possibilities for self as caring person in each moment. Personhood is being authentic, being who I am as caring person in the moment. This process is enhanced through participation in nurturing relationships with others. The nature of relationships is transformed through caring. All relations between and among persons carry with them mutual expectations. Caring is living in the context of relational responsibilities. A relationship experienced through caring holds at its heart the importance of person-as-person. Being in the world also mandates participating in human relationships that require re-sponsibility--responsibility to self and other. To the extent that these relationships are shaped through caring, they are consistent with the obligations entailed in relational responsibility, and the "person-al" (person-to-person) relationships. When being with self and others is approached from a desire to know person as living caring, the human potential for actualizing caring directs the moment.