This week was very different for me and very insightful. I haven't ever been directly affected by divorce and it was interesting to listen to everyone's stories and experiences on how their lives have been changed by divorce. It made me appreciate the nuclear family even more and admire those who have been through divorces and made it out to the other side a better person.
What I took away from the week's discussions were that you shouldn't ever go into a marriage thinking that divorce is an option or expecting that you will get divorced. What I mean by that is that you should go into a marriage with the best of intentions, and if you ever think before being married that you can just divorce them if it doesn't work out, then you just shouldn't get married to that person in the first place. Chances are, if you go into a situation with negative opinions of the person, that marriage isn't going to last.
I think there are a few qualifying reasons for divorcing someone, but a lack of love isn't one of them. Marriage is hard. There are days when you don't like your spouse, and it would be so much easier to just throw in the towel and walk away. However, that isn't how it works. When your relationship is sick, it needs to be worked on and healed. I think the only thing that we can do is work as hard as we can to remember why we love our spouse and then to do everything possible to keep respect within the relationship.
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