Print 🖨 PDF 📄 eBook 📱“Relationships are fraught with tension because most avoid expressing love in full.” (Serge Benhayon) (1) Blame is a prominent ingredient in our relationships – whether they are friendships, romantic relationships, parent-child, student-teacher, sister-brother or even those instant encounters (still relationships) between two so called strangers. Taking into account that we are in constant relationship with everyone around us regardless of how well we do or do not know them, I have come to a conclusion that I have had more relationships than I could ever possibly remember, as I’m sure is the case for most people. In (almost) all of my relationships I have made it a measurement exercise. In other words, I would calculate how much of myself I bring to the relationship with different people. With my mum I may be 90%, with other family members I may be 30%, with friends 60% or perhaps sometimes, even for a fleeting moment, 100% with complete strangers. I used to get frustrated that there were relationships I had that didn’t work, or that had issues within them, and would almost always turn the finger away from myself and towards the other person: whether it was ...