In a neat peace of symmetry, intimate relationship, both reveal our lack of wholeness and give us the best opportunity for repairing it. Only in the relationship can we find out which parts of ourselves have been lost and how our lost selves have shaped the way we love, work and play.

Our partners hold the key to what has been submerged, discredited and forgotten in us. In fact, they ask us to bring it back into consciousness; they call us into our wholeness. Even if our capacity to give and receive love has been damaged, we can learn how to experience the joy of giving and receiving. It is never too late.