in romantic love, more than in the triumphs of thought or the victories of power, is the topmost reach of human beings. When we were young we married because romance had caught us up into devotion,
Or because our culture demanded it and expected it. Even though we had never., in fact, Thought through what the commitment we were about to make
So we entered into the contract blindly thinking that it would all be good - not anticipating the road ahead and the meaning of the vow “in sickness and in health “.
That then is the lesson one takes when entering a second marriage or resuming life together after a physical or emotional separation but knowing the road WOULD be filled with challenges but hoping that the time together would be more fulfilling than life apart.i
