avatarUttam Kumar

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The website content discusses the importance of managing emotional intelligence to prevent and mend the breakdown of relationships caused by ego and misunderstandings.

Abstract

The article emphasizes that as individuals mature, they often develop emotional intelligence but also may harbor a growing sense of self-respect that can inadvertently create emotional distance in relationships. It highlights common scenarios where conflicts arise, such as disagreements over personal choices or disapproval of significant others, leading to a gradual buildup of barriers. The text suggests that these barriers are often rooted in ego rather than genuine self-respect and can be detrimental to familial and romantic relationships. The author argues that open communication is key to dismantling these barriers, as it allows for the clearing of doubts and fosters a deeper connection between individuals. The article encourages readers to prioritize love and understanding over pride, advocating for direct dialogue to resolve conflicts and strengthen relationships.

Opinions

  • The author posits that the phrase "to err is human" is often contradicted by our actions, which tend to prioritize being right over acknowledging mistakes.
  • A significant point made is that the emotional barriers erected in relationships are not due to a lack of love but rather the result of ego and misplaced self-respect.
  • The text suggests that the distance in relationships often starts with small, seemingly trivial issues that escalate due to a lack of effective communication.
  • The author believes that any relationship requires continuous effort and deepening commitment throughout one's lifetime.
  • It is conveyed that doubts arising from a lack of communication can lead to strong, often incorrect assumptions that hinder happy endings and result in unnecessary mistakes.
  • The article encourages proactive communication, suggesting that loved ones will likely be receptive to reasoning and open to resolving conflicts when approached with logic and empathy.

Be aware of broken pieces of relationship

How does a relationship start breaking and how to manage it with your emotional intelligence

The more we grow up, the more we heal and improve our emotional intelligence. We become attached to someone; we become attached to things. We become wise and ignorant at the same time.

We start making mistakes. We start feeling self-respect. But when we start caring our self-respect too much with our family, relatives and our loved ones, then we start creating distance with them. And in our whole life, we always try to maintain this distance. Most of the time, we don’t try to break this barrier.

We preach that “to err is human” But our action is as like “to be right is human.”

In our childhood, we are very close to our family members, close to relatives.

They love us, kiss us, hug us and support us.

But when we begin growing up. We start facing problems. The problems of money, love, caring; and then we start complaining.

Let me give you an example.

You ask your father for a car, and he is not agreed to give you the money. Distance starts.

Suppose you’re with a girl, but your parents don’t like your girl. And distance starts.

So next time when you greet your parents, then there is something missing.

And it’s not that you don’t love your parents for that reason. It also not that they don’t love you. They also love you, you also love them, but both of you made a barrier.

Any of you can break this barrier in a second, but as I mentioned above that, you start growing self-respect. So to feed your self-respect, you are not able to break this barrier in a second. If we go inside this self-respect, then we will find that it’s not self-respect; it’s ego, lousy ego.

And it doesn’t happen not only with family members. It also can happen with your girlfriend/boyfriend. You can try to remember when did you argue with your girlfriend? Hopefully, now it’s solved. Now think that what a silly matter you argued.

When we are too attached with a person, we can also forget this small lousy ego.

But there is some relationship. We can’t fix it anymore.

I have seen many families. The family members love each other very much, but there’s a small barrier, and this barrier can’t let them laugh together, eat together, care for each other.

Now, you understood clearly the process of distance in the relationship.

For any relationship, we need to do work; we need to make it deep till we die.

If you love your family members or your partner, then talk with them. And end the barrier, communication is the best. They neither read your mind thoroughly, nor you can read them. And what we create that is doubt. And most of the time if our doubt is wrong, that doubt is strong which not lead us in a happy ending. In the end, what we get just mistakes.

How you want to arrange your love, your luck; those are totally on your hands. So don’t let the mistakes win. Just communicate, ask directly why are they suddenly behaving strange and give them your logic, listen to them. And I am sure they will agree with your logic in the end because they love you.

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