One of the hardest truths in relationships is this- You and your partner will hurt each other,even when you love each other deeply. People like to believe that real love means no pain,but that’s a fantasy. Real love includes moments that sting. Not because your partner is bad or toxic,but they are human. And humans mess up. They’ll say the wrong thing,they’ll disappoint you,they’ll fall short in ways they never meant to and you’ll hurt them too. You’ll miss their needs,you’ll fail without realising it. The question isn’t will this happen,because it will. The real question is what you do after the hurt. Can you talk about it? Can you stay when it’s uncomfortable? Can you choose the relationship over your ego? Can you forgive and be forgiven? Can you grow instead of walking away? There are no perfect partners,but there are people worth keeping. The ones who stay and heal with you.

I see your profile picture. That’s Johnny Cash. My hero too. Arrested seven times. Smuggled 668 amphetamines across the Mexican border in 1965. Took every drug there was and drank like I did. Cheated on his first wife. Slept with more woman than I ever did. Hit bottom in a cave in Tennessee in 1968 trying to crawl off and die. And then he got up. He got clean. He spent the rest of his life singing for prisoners and addicts and the people the country threw away because he knew he was one of them. That was the whole point of the Man in Black. He wore it for the poor and the beaten down. He wore it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime. He wore it for the ones who never heard a word of Jesus. He wore it for the addicted and the dying. He wore it as a standing witness that no one is past saving. You picked his picture. You did not pick his message. Try listening to the words.