What do you bring to the relationship?

Do you bring past relationships, past hurt, part mistrust, past pain? You can't make someone to the altar to alter them. You can't make someone love you or make someone stay.

If you develop self-esteem, spiritual discernment, and "a life" you won't find yourself making someone else responsible for your happiness or responsible for your pain. Every moment is a choice! Manipulation, control, jealousy, neediness and selfishness are not the ingredients of a thriving, healthy, loving, lasting and fulfilling relationship. Seeking status, sex and material security are the wrong reason to be in a relationship.

What keeps a relationship strong?
1) Honesty
2) Trust
3) Communication
4) Intimacy
5) A Sense of Humor
6) Giving each other space to grow without feeling insecure, give each other a sense of belonging and assurance of commitment.
7) Sharing common goals and interest.

If these qualities are missing, the relationship is likely to erode as resentment, withdrawal, abuse, neglect, dishonesty and pain shall replace the passion as at least one party will be feeling empty and unfulfilled.

"As long as we have memories, yesterday remains..."
"As long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits..."
"As long as we have friendship, today is beautiful..."