Well oiled machine

In relationships, we are always making mistakes, well, in life too.

We're humans.

But particularly in relationships, we have to be aware. We have to repair damage as we create it.

And on the other end, we have to be patient, willing to forgive, when we are the recipients of hurt.

It's a constant give and take. And it takes a lot of work.

But just like a machine that goes without oil, if the give and take, repairing and forgiving, doesn't occur, it all breaks down.

Sure, pieces of the machine may function, in a way. But it will never be what it needs to be, what it can be.

Relationships require a delicate balance. There can't be only one person giving, while the other only takes. There can't be only one damaging (or only one acknowledging damage), while only one forgives. Both have to offer the same, take the same, forgive the same.

It has to stay balanced.

Or it breaks.

And dies.