06/11/2023
Back in the day, divorce was almost unheard of. People took their marriage vows seriously and just knew they were stuck with each other for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do them part.
Nowadays, we live in a society of laziness and instant gratification.
🌯 We want food - we order it from an app and have it delivered to our door.
💻 We want entertainment - we press play.
💊 We want to lose weight - we take an injection or pill.
📱We get in a fight - we break up and swipe right.
People no longer value anything that requires efforts and are always on the lookout for the easiest, fastest solution.
Getting AND STAYING married, is probably the hardest thing anyone can do. Even billionaires are failing at it.
Marriage is uncomfortable, it hurts, it challenges, it intensifies all trauma and insecurities, it forces you to grow, to change, and to adapt. It forces you to put “us” ahead of “I”, which is the exact opposite from what modern society has conditioned us to do. It forces you to sacrifice, to compromise, to communicate.
Sounds terrible, right? But the payoff is a life partner, a best friend, a lover, a family, children, happiness, a union, a soulmate, a future, a forever. And too many people, lose what they potentially could have because they are not willing to put it in the work during the tough times. Instead, they end up repeating the same cycle with a different partner again and again. Because no matter who you end up with, there will be plenty of tough times and plenty of challenges.
👩🏼❤️👨🏻 You just can’t get to the good without going through the bad. And that’s what makes it worth it.