I read this in a blog (Marriage, Divorce, Reconcile by Rachel Clark, Pychology Today) and wanted to share.
"When there is love in a marriage, there is harmony in the home; when there is harmony in the home, there is contentment in the community; when there is contentment in the community, there is prosperity in the nation; when there is prosperity in the nation, there is peace in the world." Chinese Proverb
Shortly after BD, I as struck by the lack of mentors in our communities. Where are the people that, based on their successes and failures, guide others on the journey of marriage? Like the author of the blog points out, too many people buy into the false beliefs about what marriage is. It doesn't provide our internal happiness. Marriage is hard work and it, and the partners in it, must be nurtured. There will be times when it feels empty, lonely and even wrong, but it's not the marriage, in most cases. It's ourselves. We DBers know this now, if we didn't before. If only our WAS's understood the secret....
