The Silent Treatment....

The most complicated challenge that one faces during a lifetime is to maintain relationships. And the most simple challenge? Maintaining relationships. Basically, it is as simple as you want it to be or as complicated as you make it seem. I have been and still am a part of some of the most amazing relationships. Be it with my family, my wonderful circle of friends or even for that matter my acquaintances. There is a certain level of comfort with every person I have made an effort to have a relationship with. But then misunderstandings creep in even before you realize it has. It is automatically followed by silent treatment and all you want to do is scream and say,"Just talk"!! Honestly, there is nothing better than sitting down and talking things through. And communication is THE most integral part of any relationship. Misunderstandings are usually the end result of (like a friend mine would say) possessiveness or distance. Never easy to maintain relationships when there is a physical distance but the point to be remembered here is that if you are taking that extra effort to maintain "a" relationship, then it definitely means the world to you. Then why let misunderstanding and ego take control when all you have to do is reach out to the person and say,"We need to talk". There is nothing more powerful than the art of communication and there is nothing less disheartening than NO communication. 
Treatments are supposed to cure but the silent treatment kills... It sees the end of some of the most beautifully pure relationships.. 
On a lighter note, there isn't much one can do when one is at the receiving end of the silent treatment..... Well maybe, you could blog about it, like I did :-)