Scorekeeping is about who hurts whom more. In the long-term, no one wins.

May the words that I speak remind others that they are beloved.

It takes courage to bring our trust forward and invite another person to meet us there. This sometimes sure, often shaky, surrender is an opportunity to discover something deeper than the confines of our individual experience.

Building relationships requires the risk of being open and curious.

We need to summon the courage to cross the bridge...

Holy Reconciler, help us make peace with each other.

I have struggled forgiving myself for not knowing how to create appropriate boundaries.

May we remember to slow down when we find ourselves having difficult conversations.

Every relationship is an ongoing story that unfolds between people.

Loving sometimes takes all that we have.

12-Step recovery has provided me with perspective, forgiveness, and freedom from shame.

We don’t need to understand why someone sets a boundary to respect it.

We must choose each other again and again, though conflict and through plenty.

Cultures of gratitude must also be cultures of reciprocity.

Love cannot fix everything, but it can keep us company.

When covenant / breaks, we need to come home / to trust.

Every time someone showed up for me, I learned that love is greater than skin deep.

I learned that love and support can be expressed in many different ways by different people.

Conflict resolution is in fact one of the greatest things that you can accomplish in your life and in your relationship. [W]hen I view people as not bringing conflict up, I think it’s being unfaithful to the relationship. I think it’s an abdication of your role in the relationship, and you are...

It’s through our shared interdependence that we are sheltered and saved.