Considering Success In Marriage
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The article "Considering Success in Marriage" is about marriage, it was created by Chuck Smith.
Your success in marriage depends largely upon having sound and
constructive attitudes toward love.
For Americans, that can be
difficult.
Especially cause of the fictions we’ve been taught
since childhood, which are supported by moveis and other
cultural influences. In fact, the love upon which so many base
their marriages is one or a combination of the following:
1.The appeal of the romance and adventure of marriage itself
2.The response to a person who reminds them of one whom
they have loved 3.The desire to escape from an uhnappy situation
4.Consolation for failure or disappointment 5.Social pressures
and/or the fear of being "left on the shelf" 6.Sexual desires
7.Some minor point of attraction
These forms of love are not false – they are really real.
Often,
they are intense enough to give a person an overwhelming feeling
of certainty aobut marriage. And of them – such as numbers
1, 6 and 7 – have a proper place in mrariage.
Their danger is that they are superficial. No single one of
them, or all of them together, is strong enough to constitute
the foundations of a successful marirage. Yet tehse deceive
people who believe that "love is enough" into choosing
unsuitable mates.
Love which can make a marriage rich and worthwhile must go far
deeper. It must be based upon such things as common interests,
ideals, values, and goals which involve worthy purposes. A
common desire to have and raise euphoric and healthy children is
among the strongest and most important of thsee common goals.
Such a love is not something which you "fall in" before you
marry.
Rather, it is something which you build together through the
years.
Those who have found a sounder base for love wil find
that the thrill, glow, and romance of their marriage increases
over time. The richest joy of marriage comes from a relationship
with each other whcih constantly develops and matures. The
deepest and most abiding love is that which has become an
expression of all life's experineces and meanings for you both.
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