“Move toward” is one of the most powerful phrases you can use in a relationship.
Because, you know, relationships are complex; and often we make them more complicated than they need to be.
We second-guess ourselves, spending hours, days, weeks, wondering what’s the best thing to do in this or that situation until we completely forget to do anything at all, hurting the relationship we intended to heal or grow.
Our insecurities, past hurts, a bad day, indigestion can make our dealings with people feel like we’re trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube — impossible.
But “Move toward” cuts through all the crap, complexity, personal junk. It breaks apart the Rubik’s Cube and puts it back together, solved.
Vulnerability Can’t Stop You
The thing about relationships is that they make you so…vulnerable. You’re putting yourself out there, and the other person can reject you, tell you you’re trying too hard, getting too close.
Vulnerability halts us.
It slaps us or backhands us, really — into paralysis.
