There were two childhood friends. They grew up like brothers and started doing business also together. They were spending maximum time with each other. With time they got married and had their own families but the love between them still stayed same. Infact they spent same time with each other like they used to spend before getting married. It was not acceptable to one friend’s wife and she always fought saying that you love your friend more than me. The issue became so prominent between them that finally they filed for divorce after 2 years of marriage. He did not want divorce as he really loved her. He asked her, what is the problem? I do not spend time with you or I spend time with my friend? She said that The problem is he is very important to you and I feel I am not your priority. He asked her further, let’s say, if I do not have this friend . What else you would expect from me as a husband? She thought for sometime and she did not get any answer. She said that you cannot do anything more for me but if you want me back in your life, you need to leave him. I cannot share you with your friend. The gentleman did not know what to do. Though the divorce got cancelled, but they could never get a happy relationship. Their relationship was getting sacrificed because of his wife. She had taken it on her ego that her husband’s friend should not be there. Now the question is, is it worth? Is it worth sacrificing own peace, family’s peace, life and relationship?
There are many cases in which relationships get sacrificed because of ego. On small issues, people stop talking to each other. They miss them, they wait for the other person to take the first move, they want to talk, but ego stops them. We need to remember few things:
Relationships are important and the closed ones only hurt us. The relationships which have no value in our lives will not hurt us. If a relationship is hurting, work on it, resolve the issue because it is important. Without working on it, we double hurt ourselves, what’s the use?
Infact in relationships, where we have love, we shall keep ego aside and then live into it. If we would be living with ego in relationship, it would always harm the relationship. So many relationships and families get sacrificed because of ego, but is it worth?
