A friend forwarded this mail to me. It’s just so meaningful. Please do take a time to read this.
Did I Marry The Right Person?
>
>During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said,
“How
>do I know if I married the right person?” I noticed that there was a
large
>man sitting next to her so I said, “It depends. Is that your
husband?” In
>all seriousness, she answered, “How do you know?”
>
>Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it’s weighing
>on your mind.
>
>EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with
>your spouse. You anticipated his call, wanted his touch and liked his
>idiosyncrasies.
>
>Falling in love with your spouse wasn’t hard. In fact, it was a completely
>natural and spontaneous experience. You didn’t have to DO anything. That’s
>why it’s called “falling” in love.
>
>People in love sometimes say, “I was swept off my feet.” Think
about the
>imagery of that _expression. It implies that you were just standing there,
>doing nothing. Then something came along and happened to you.
>
>Falling is love is easy. It’s a passive and spontaneous experience. But
>after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It’s the natural
>cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother
>(if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens) and
>your spouse’s idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.
>
>The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think
>about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the
>initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry
>subsequent stage.
>
>At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, “Did I marry
the
>right person?” And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of
the
>love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone
>else. This is when marriages break down. People blame their spouse for
>their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.
>
>Extra-marital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the
>most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, church, a hobby,
>friendship, excessive TV or abusive substances. But the answer to this
>dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it. I’m not
>saying that you couldn’t fall in love with someone else. You could. And
>TEMPORARILY, you’d feel better. But you’d be in the same situation a few
>years later. Because (listen carefully to this):
>
>The Key To Succeeding In Marriage Is Not Finding The Right Person; It’s
>Learning To Love The Person You Found .
>
>SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It’ll NEVER
>just happen to you. You can’t “find” LASTING love. You have to
“make” it
>day in and day out. That’s why we have the _expression “the labour of
love”
>�because it takes time, effort and energy. And most importantly, it takes
>WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.
>
>Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things
>you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.
>
>Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there
>are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise
>program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship
>WILL make your marriage stronger. It’s a direct cause and effect. If you
>know and apply the laws, the results are predictable… you can
“make”
>love.
>
>Love in marriage is indeed a “decision “… Not just a feeling.
>
>~ Love is never silent, it has so much to say & it is our greatest
blessing
>when we give it away.
>
>May Love and Peace be yours always