If you love someone, let them go.

It had never occurred to me that a variation on the old adage could have any meaning deeper than a bird bath. But over the years, each with their many trials and lessons, it now strikes me not only as something obvious, but something essential to a healthy relationship; if you love someone you must be willing to let them go.

Trust has taken the role of a currency in modern relationships. We all know and parrot it’s essential…