I watched a show that was pretty lame (good opening I know!) called Forces of Nature with Ben Aflick and Saundra Bullock. It was about this guy that was trying to get to his wedding but their was "forces of nature' and a girl keeping him away. Along the way he saught out or "found" advise on marriage. He came to a point where he decided to stop the marriage on the day of the wedding during a huricane while the girl he was dumping his finace for waited. He ended up realizing he wanted to get married and he choose his fiance. He realized that there is no glassbubble of love protecting you from the world that is out there. A world that thrives on being with the one your with, go with your gut and live in the moment. He realized he had to choose to protect the relationship and fight for it.
" Bridge, ya know, I mean, what I always thought was that there was this one, one perfect person for everybody in the world, you know, and when you found that person, uh, the rest of the world just kinda magically faded away and... and you know, the two of you would just be inside this kind of protective bubble. But there is no bubble, or if there is, we have to make it. I just think life is more than a series of moments, you know, it's... it's... we can make choices and we can choose to protect the people we love and that's what makes us who we are, and those are the real miracles! "
I too have come to this understand though it was after marriage. I have come to an understanding that love is so much more than the roses peddles on a bed, sharing eachother's sentences and giving eskimo kisses. It is more than dreaming of a life together that involves peace and harmony 24/7. It is more than having a date at a moment's notice. Marriage is to have someone that suppports you no matter what. They hold you up when you feel like there is no ground to walk on. They are there with you in the emergency room not understanding what is happening to you but holding your hand. They are with you when you want to throw in the towel and you doubt your every move and value of your life.
"Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful."
God has taught me so much of love in my spiritual life by married life. I have seen love unconditionally and fully many times. Though I make this all sound so easy it is the hardest but most fulfilling thing I have ever done. I truly do love my man =)
" Bridge, ya know, I mean, what I always thought was that there was this one, one perfect person for everybody in the world, you know, and when you found that person, uh, the rest of the world just kinda magically faded away and... and you know, the two of you would just be inside this kind of protective bubble. But there is no bubble, or if there is, we have to make it. I just think life is more than a series of moments, you know, it's... it's... we can make choices and we can choose to protect the people we love and that's what makes us who we are, and those are the real miracles! "
I too have come to this understand though it was after marriage. I have come to an understanding that love is so much more than the roses peddles on a bed, sharing eachother's sentences and giving eskimo kisses. It is more than dreaming of a life together that involves peace and harmony 24/7. It is more than having a date at a moment's notice. Marriage is to have someone that suppports you no matter what. They hold you up when you feel like there is no ground to walk on. They are there with you in the emergency room not understanding what is happening to you but holding your hand. They are with you when you want to throw in the towel and you doubt your every move and value of your life.
"Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful."
God has taught me so much of love in my spiritual life by married life. I have seen love unconditionally and fully many times. Though I make this all sound so easy it is the hardest but most fulfilling thing I have ever done. I truly do love my man =)
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