Marriage is patience and giving and caring and faith. It is honesty and openness and thoughtfulness and truth. Marriage is friendship and respect. It’s the willingness to accept your partners’ qualities and differences whether they are weak or strong. It is an understanding of one another that will lead to a greater understanding of yourself. Marriage is a promise made … and a lasting, successful, caring marriage … is a promise kept … again and again and again!
No matter how busy your days may be, make time for yourselves. Unwind. Surprise each other. Find little chances every day to show you’re grateful to be partners, to be friends, to be married. To make love last, put each other first. Let love be your shelter.
The world is noisy and confusing at times, so make a home that is a haven, a peaceful place where you can listen to your hearts and savor the comfortable closeness you share.
Cooperate and compromise with each other. Taking this step into marriage means to share, in everything. Not just your hopes and dreams, but to also share every day aspects of your lives.
In a marriage you are no longer just thinking about yourself, you are now to take care of each other. If partners consider one another equally important, and each feels equally valued in the relationship, you will create the best circumstance for your love and happiness to thrive.
