Love Denied

Relationship is a tenuous thing, especially when commonality is lacking.   I find I am currently challenged, wondering how to navigate relationship with another when offence is easily taken, misunderstanding abounds, and excuses and rationalizations are the default mode. Opening the door to communication can be almost an impossible feat when the other slams the door, attached to prideful stubbornness, a delight in being the wounded. I heard an expression, some people look to be offended, and this, I hate to say, is true, and is the root cause for dysfunction in relationship.  Clinging to our own truth, our own perspective is like living with blinders on and walking through a mine field.  We have to be in relationship as human beings and so, choosing to always see things MY WAY, excludes the other, keeps them out of relationship and ultimately, destroys any possibility of abiding connection. The one stands, arms open, waiting to embrace, while the other glares, turns and walks away...love can only survive if it is the reason to relate, otherwise, it dies a slow death.