Apr
18
2009
I am convinced that the only reason marriage was put on this earth was to teach one another how to love. I know I am extremely self-centered and am forced in this relationship to consider another.
Your mate see everything about you. Given enough time together, your other sees all the different sides of you–the worst as well as the best.
Each partner has rough edges and what ensures the success of the marriage is how well you work our your differences. That takes time and the process can be rough as it often is and hopefully as time goes some of these rough edges are smoothed out.
Each marriage is incompatible. Each of us comes from different backgrounds–raised by different people all imperfect. At best, our childhoods were somewhat similar but sometimes not.
Imagine how boring it would be if we understand each other perfectly. One lifetime is really not enough time to learn about each other.
Love and forgiveness is the glue that holds a marriage together. And mystery and mystique drives it.
