Stage Four – Discovery, Reconciliation, and Beginning Again
第四阶段——发现,调解,重新开始
Couples can push through the previous stage through deepened communication, honesty and trust. Ideally, they discover and create a new sense of connection. They learn more about each other’s strengths and vulnerabilities. They learn to identify and talk about their fears instead of acting them out. They refuse to judge or blame their partner; they translate their complaints into requests for change. Partners see each other in a new light, as gifted and flawed, just as they themselves are gifted and flawed. Empathy and compassion increase. They learn to appreciate and respect each other in new ways; they learn not to take each other for granted. They find a new balance of separateness and togetherness, independence and intimacy. A new hope and energy return to the relationship.
夫妻可以跳过第三阶段这道坎,但需要加深彼此的沟通,坦诚和信任。在理想的情况下,他们会探寻并创造出一种新的维系婚姻的方式。他们学会要了解更多对方的长处和弱点。他们学会试图说出他们心中的恐惧,而不是直接表现在行动上以致伤害对方。他们不再批评或指责对方,而将对方的抱怨视为让自己变得更好的要求。夫妻用一种新的眼光看待对方,就如同自己本身有优点也有缺点,对方也亦然。因此,他们对对方的同情感和怜悯感增加了。他们学会以一种新的方法去赞美和尊重对方,不再认为对自己好是对方的义务。他们发现了一种在分开和共处之间,独立和亲密之间的平衡。婚姻关系重新注入新的希望和力量 |