It's caring about their needs and emotions while simultaneously realizing that you are a perfectly valid (not perfect; valid) human being with or without them, their love, their, cooperation, or their approval.
One of the things my wife (Greek) told me that has stuck with me is that, "God didn't put me on this earth to be your wife, he put me here to be the best Greek I can be."
Kinda of the Ying-Yang symbol, complement each not complete each other. Once you see the other as a unique person it helps with the differentiation. Where you stop and they start.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
