Most relationships fail because of this: In tension, we focus on a resolution instead of “reconciliation.”
Ending the argument or disagreement ——> that’s a resolution.
Restoring the relationship to where it was before the argument ever occurred ——> that’s reconciliation.
Here’s the problem: when we simply focus on a resolution instead of reconciliation, sure the problem may have been resolved. But the person’s heart is not healed. When you only focus on a resolution, the argument may have end, but the relationship will too.
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