We were created to relate to other people, though oftentimes, that requires pain and sacrifice on our part. When we’ve been wounded by someone we care deeply for, it is easy to think that we would be better off separate so to save ourselves the potential for more pain and associated grief.
Isolation is a tool of the enemy. By giving up fighting for our relationship with others, we are one step closer to giving up fighting for ourselves.
Instead of fighting with others over the pain, make pain the common enemy with those who have hurt you. Choose to fight that pain alongside them, hand-in-hand and heart-to heart. Your humility and love will shine through and bring forth an even more splendid relationship than you had before.