I feel your pain, brother. For me, I am able to plainly see that NONE of her friends are PRO-marriage. It is also plain to see that she has been looking for a way to get out and I handed it to her. THAT is my fault. Again, I do not fault her. I do feel that we would have a better chance if her circle were better balanced with PRO-marriage and truly friends. Oh well. As I say, it is what it is and I am where I am. No matter how bad a hand I have dealt myself with my A, I will play the best hand possible with these crappy cards.
Here's a quote that serves me well now. Perhaps it will serve you also.
Quote: It takes a little courage And a little self-control And some grim determination, If you want to reach the goal.
It takes a deal of striving, And a firm and stern-set chin, No matter what the battle, If you really want to win.
There's no easy path to glory, There's no rosy road to fame. Life, however we may view it, Is no simple parlor game;
But its prizes call for fighting, For endurance and for grit; For a rugged disposition And a don't-know=when-to-quit.
-UNKNOWN
and here are a few more Persisence quotes:
Quote: Never, never, nenver, never give up. -WINSTON CHURCHILL
Quote: It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again. -VINCE LOMBARDI
Quote: When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes. -THOMAS EDISON
Quote: Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown. -H. ROOS PEROT
Quote: The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. -NAPOLEON HILL
I hope quotes help you at least half as much as they help me keep on keepin' on. I feel much less lonely and I don't feel defeated because I know that others have overcome worse troubles in their lives that I have had to endure and I am NO quitter. I am a fighter, I am a winner, I a a strong Christian man fighting the good fight to save my marriage and to restore my nuclear family. Again, as Maxmimus said, STRENGTH AND HONOR! Fight your fights alongside me, brothers and sisters. HOLD THE LINE!
