Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted;
the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice,
but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience,understanding and a sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow old.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal,
dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will fee l no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other
Now there is no more loneliness for you
But there is on life before you
Go now to your dwelling place, to eat to your days together
Any may your days be very long upon this earth
(Apache Indians of the American southwest recite this wedding poem)
Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours
For one lone soul, another lonely soul
Each chasing strangely at one sudden goal
Then blend they – like green leaves with golden flowers,
Into one beautiful and perfect whole
And life's long night is ended, and the way
Lies open onward to eternal life
(Sir Edwin Arnold)
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