This has appeared in my blog reader and Facebook account several times over the last couple of months. Each time it has caught my eye. We live in a disposable society where it is easier to throw things out than heal and engage in meaningful relationships. What message do we want our children and grandchildren to learn? Human relationships are the very fabric of our being and existence.
Communicate through the tough times and reconnect.
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Teacher as Transformer 
Wow! This comes at a very appropriate moment in my life. I told my husband that I want to separate. I told him this with the intention of finding ourselves, giving each other space and finding new ways to meet each others’ needs. I feel that the this temporary space will give me time to learn to love myself again and not look to others’ for the love that I know is inside. My hope is that we will learn and grow and reconnect in a way that we haven’t before and that the next half of our marriage will be better than the first. That being said, I have no control over him and it takes two to do the work.
It absolutely does. I wish you good luck in this next step.
Good quote on the photo above.
As sunrise and sunset is inevitable and one cannot say what is first whether Sunrise or Sunset since they prevail according to natures ordain, as life proceeds one cannot say what is first and what is next in the husband and wife life journey. Such is the marvelous tie between a man and woman tied up by marriage.
They individually safe guarding their self interest takes responsibility. That is, one’s own ideas and aspirations they share each other in lieu of otherwise. With all these aspirations, family ties, affections, the wife and husband travels in their life journey as one for the other. True to one self as individuals and true to one selves as couple.
In the end when they reach old in age they can have better promolgy in life standing each other as examples to their children and children ought to express gratitude to the parents viewing themselves that they shall reach that age and hence to lead such life too.
Such is the marriage a life time commitment.
Thank you for sharing such profound words.
Beautiful post! My husband and I have been together 42 years and are closer than ever! We went through many changes ‘together’ and grew stronger throughout the years. Our children are most proud of us both! 🙂
Kathy and I have been together almost 40 years and it is the same. Hard work is sometimes its own reward.
Congrats to you and Kathy. It is so nice to meet other people that have been together for a long time and still ‘like each other’ lots. lol. That is so awesome!! Something to be so proud of!! 🙂
Do I agree with that? Yes and no, though I’ve been married 40+ years.
The neat thing about relationships is they do not come with easy answers. It is work. We are approaching 40 years and it seems easier.
I really do like this one… and everything it tell us… the picture too…
As I mentioned, this kept reappearing in various ways over the last few months and was in my reader the other day. I thought it was there for a reason. I am glad it connected.
🙂