Love & Marriage 💟

Many young people in modern society tend to believe that love is an essential base for marriage. There are some others that deny these feelings, no matter how strong they are, have anything to do with such a long-term agreement such as marriage.

Historically things have changed over the years. When in the past it was normal to marry someone without knowing him or her well, nowadays most people enter this part of their lives after a remarkable time of being in relationships with each other. Not all couples were happy in the past nor do all marriages survive today. In my opinion, nothing can stand for a long time only on one foot. And that includes marriage.

On one hand, from childhood, we have learnt that love is essential for all of us. We loved our parents, we read novels and poems and heard songs. "Love is everything you need", they said. And it was something that put its roots in our souls and beliefs.

On the other hand, passing through our teens and youth many of us realise that it's possible to experience these feelings more than once. And sometimes after a short period of time, we can't understand why we loved this person at all. Another thought is that in the modern rapidly developing world it's hard to imagine something, even as strong as a love, that would never change. We also know that important things in life depend on different circumstances such as health, emotional strength, input, output, habits, relationships with friends and relatives, and the ability to change and to accept others.

The marriage that we hope to stay in before death will divide us, is one of these important things. And we have to be aware that we should keep this in mind before saying "I do".

To summarise, from my point of view, to be successful a marriage also needs a spiritual and practical basis and only then can it stay in relative balance.