Truly loving, nurturing and sustainable relationships are not happening for a great many of us. The reasons for this have to do with our ego getting in the way, with our unwillingness to be more thoughtful, tolerant and considerate, with our unwillingness to rise above the battlefield, to release our anger and resentments from the past, to effectively communicate, to negotiate differences and to establish, maintain and respect boundaries. I say unwillingness because although it may be difficult to do these things, we choose not to. Loving relationships are not the result of accidents or luck, they are the result of healthy choices.