If I was asked to describe the perfect vacation, it would be one spent with family and my loved ones. All the other attractions a vacation can offer pale in comparison to uninterrupted time with them.
Some friends of mine believe the perfect vacation is one spent pampered in a luxurious hotel with breathtaking scenery and a heated pool.
When you envision the ‘perfect vacation’ what does your imagination conjure? A luxurious hotel? Delicious food? Entertaining people? Interesting sites? The right weather? Beautiful scenery? The right entertainment? Some of the above? All of the above? An eclectic mixture of all the things mentioned?
Marriage is much like that vacation people dream (or myself, rather perhaps) will take one day, and just like people seek different components to create that perfect vacation, people look for different things in their marriage.
Why do we get married? What does marriage have to offer? How many of the things that marriage has to offer do we recognize and appreciate - especially if they are not part of our dream?
Communication, intimacy and companionship are three of the big draws to a permanent relationship? Money?
Lets put it this way.
A good marriage is the possibility of getting that dream vacation with all its components. Just as it takes a concerted effort to put the dream vacation together, it takes work to bring a marriage to their full potential.
Its never easy or ever will be, I see. But I guess it takes MUCH emotional, spiritual and mental strength (and a tad of physical too?) to slick your way through the many bumpy rides one can encounter.
If only we understood the benefits of marriage, what it can accomplish for us and how it can help us become a better and more wholesome human being the question of ‘why marry’ wouldn’t exist.
jyeay.
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