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Just because a couple is married—even if they’ve been married many years—neither has the right to no longer be attractive to the other simply because they are currently attached. We continue to want our spouses to be physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually attractive as long as we live. Though the way in which attractiveness is maintained or evaluated may change as we grow older, it is still there.
In the beginning, we accepted each other as real people whom we were coming to know for the first time. Now it’s different. We accept each other as changing people, moving targets for care and support. The personal needs are greater, and the challenges posed by life are more pressing. That makes our love stronger, for now we have a well-defined role. We want to help each other with those hurts. We care, and the deeper we come to know each other, the more deeply we will care.
A couple with shared spiritual beliefs, values, meaning, and purpose that will go through the other steps of the LovePath from attraction to aspiration will fall in love with each other no matter what has transpired before. Coming together, or staying together, because of spiritual reasons, even when no positive emotion exists otherwise, is a wise thing to do.
To continually grow in love, or to find love again, start with attraction, work on acceptance, and then, with intent and dedication, do what it takes to fulfill each other in your attachment, with respect, spirituality, and passion.
When you spend your lives helping each other fulfill dreams and life desires, you go beyond the selfishness that so often limits love.
