Love’s Tug-of-War

Can You Win by Letting Go?

Gholamreza Zare
3 min readApr 2, 2024

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In the grand circus of human emotions, where love is the ringmaster and logic occasionally gets trampled underfoot, the power struggle in a relationship stands out as the most baffling sideshow. It’s like being handed a Rubik’s Cube in the dark. You know there’s a way to align all the colors perfectly, but with light, it feels like a possible task. However, I’ve discovered the illuminating secret that can lead to victory, albeit a victory unlike any other. The only way to win this peculiar game is to firmly and with all the grace you can muster refuse to play it.

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Imagine standing at the edge of a precipice, the wind whispering sweet nothings, urging you to jump into the abyss of one-upmanship, where every conversation is a battle and every argument is a war. It’s tempting to dive in, to prove your point, to emerge as the champion of the argument. But here’s the twist in the tale — winning isn’t about holding the trophy high; it’s about knowing when the game isn’t worth the candle. It’s about understanding that love isn’t a competition but a dance, where stepping on each other’s toes isn’t as important as moving to the same rhythm.

Refusing to compete in a power struggle is like choosing to put down your sword and shield in the middle of a battlefield, not out of cowardice but out of the profound realization that the…

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Gholamreza Zare

Tech enthusiast & writer on a journey of self-improvement and software engineering. Reach me at ghrzarea@gmail.com. Explore more: https://amazon.com/author/zare