By David Hegg

There is a plague in our land that the Centers for Disease Control have no way of handling. It is the plague of divisiveness, the attitude responsible for the growing division in our marriages, politics, and personal relationships. We’ve become a nation of oversensitive crybabies who will take our ball and go home over the most minor infraction. We seem poised to jump on anything we can use to undermine our opponents or criticize our friends.

And it’s killing us.

With the elections in the rearview mirror, we’re all hoping the two sides can work together for the benefit of everyone. But first, they will have to figure out how to build a foundation of trust. For that matter, we need to as well. In any relationship, the key to success will be the extent to which we can trust one another and face issues with the determination to work through rather than walk out.

Here are some essential factors to building and maintaining a........

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