Risking the Relationship

Someone I trust recommends boldness in addressing what’s not workable in a relationship.  She warns “If you’re not willing to risk the relationship, you don’t have a relationship.”  

Hindsight suggests that she’s probably right.  In the future, I will not be so concerned about saving something that may not actually exist. It’s more important to be authentic than to pretend something is ok when it isn’t. Not saying something out of fear prolongs what would eventually become a separation of sorts that may ultimately lead to heartache.  Saying something risky may actually open up conversation that could enhance the relationship at best or create an argument that brings up what is real. Then at least the issue is dealt with.

It doesn’t work to suppress what’s really there in the heart.

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