notes
- Kindness: someone gentle with our imperfections and tolerates us as we are
- Shared vulnerability: someone who we can be open with—weak, vulnerable, and honest
- Understanding: someone interested in, and can make sense of, obscure features of our minds—obsessions, preoccupations, and the way we see the world—and who we are excited to do so in return
clipping content
It can be hard to know what we really need from a relationship. But the task becomes much simpler if we keep in mind that every relationship requires just three crucial ingredients to work.