Illustrated by Alisha Patel

Relationships can be wonderful, but it is never healthy to ask the other to be the one to make YOU happy.  At the beginning of a romantic relationship, it’s exciting, it’s romantic and much more. We make the effort and as time goes by this effort may dwindle and it may even disappear.

With other relationships, when we are loving we feel great but when we feel our buttons are being pushed we are not and it takes a lot of energy, negative energy and you don’t feel great.  This does not mean we have to accept the other person’s behaviour but when we react from love, it’s a very different energy.

Think about an orange, if you squeeze it, orange juice will come out, not rocket science. Now if we squeeze you, what would come out? Anger, annoyance, frustration, love, peace, joy, gratitude? The love we feel…