Ending badly is a bad ending

All relationships end, but they don't have to end badly.

They end badly because we play them out passed the time they could or should have ended, naturally.
They end badly because we avoid the short discomfort of confronting that end, and instead fearfully wait for them to spiral into pain and anger, where we are forced to acknowledge that end.
They end badly because we are scared of a unknown future.

We are in relationship with people, business, money, govenmental and cultural systems. And it will end badly if we don't confront our fears, and talk about why they are not working and what to replace them with.

It may still end badly, because we can't control the responses of others, our partners. But ignoring the problem guarantees it ends badly, and confronting the problems only means it may end badly. The more caring, intelligent and skilful we are in confronting the problem, the less probable it is that it ends badly.

We are in relationship with a way of thinking, in exactly the same way we where in relationship with our ex-partner, with the same fears and doubts about a new way of thinking that lies beyond.

Don't be fearfull, this is how our evolution feels from the inside. It's a messy process full of false starts and abandoned projects.