Not unlike gardening, cultivating a relationship can require a constant vigilance in regards the negative thoughts that begin to sprout up in our minds about our partner. Oftentimes these thoughts go unnoticed for days or even weeks, and by then have taken on their own power and can distort even mundane interactions. Once our perspective of our partner becomes negative, we can shut down internally and cut ourselves off from the love that is actually present. Our own sense of entitlement has the potential to fuel inner doubts about our partner by creating impossible expectations that have little relation to reality.
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