The secret to healthy relationships lies in understanding the dynamic that is shared, rather than the roles that are being played.

Focusing only on rights and responsibilities, or duty and expectation diminishes our connection with the human who shares our life with us, and vice versa.

As always, our obliviousness to the impact that we have, both good and bad, is the leading cause of blind spots in relationships that eventually lead to incorrect assumptions about each other’s motives or intentions.

Healthy relationships are formed when couples grow together, not when one is waiting for the other to supposedly catch up.

Be prepared to grow together, or be prepared for the inevitable misery that follows.

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