My Philosophy on Marriage, Part 1

The first thing we all need to remember is that we chose our spouse! You chose him. If you can't remember why you chose him, think back. Go back to that lovey-dovey, first kiss, head-over-heels feeling. Remember the good old days. Now remember that when you married him, you promised to love him forever--through good times and bad. But you've changed, you say. You've both changed. Things have happened. Yes, people change and trials hit. That's why you commit to each other in the first place. That's why you promise to stick together--because things are going to get rough. If everything was going to stay rosy, you wouldn't need to promise to stay together. People make mistakes, bad things happen, (good things too), but you stick together. Because you promised you would. And if you keep on working on it, guess what? Things get better. You chose each other and you made a promise to each other, so keep it. Keep that promise and choose to love when you don't feel like loving. Choose to forgive when you don't think you can. Choose to not be offended when you think you should be. Choose to make it work.