When Feelings Get Hurt

Far to often things are misunderstood or misinterpreted in relationships. We make assumptions and we have expectations and sometimes we get hurt. The problem is that the level of communication is not there. At times it is both our faults, but, at other times it is just a plain and simple not knowing. One person might have been thinking about something that happened in the past or was looking forward to something in the future and the other was just going with the moment. Take for example a partner who went to dinner with someone else and shared the experience with you. That partner was oblivious to your hurt in that you were not invited and if nothing is said, they will never know. Yet, you can stew over the dinner for a long time and it will come out at a later date in a very obscure way. If you communicate your displeasure right away it allows you both to talk about it and bring closure to it. It is very important to live in the present moment and not dwell in the past or look for things to happen in the future , it hasn't come yet and so therefore it doesn't even exist. Be present it is such a gift!