Exploring Our Children’s Potentials

So.

How long have we been married ?

It’s been 11 years for us.

To some people, that’s pretty long already.

To some others, we’re just at the ‘beginning’ of a long journey, and there’ll be many more ‘interesting’ things to come.

Many say that the longer you’re married, the tougher it is to keep your relationship and communication with your spouse fresh, open and warm.

And here’s why.

… they consequently grow further from each other emotionally (though they’re physically together under the same roof.

Couples generally start to take each other for granted.

They start to forget about loving compliments, verbal appreciation, and gentleness in their words and actions.

And, they are busy with their own world.

The women are busy with the children, home and often their career, while the men are busy with their loads of work at the office too.

They increasingly disconnect (especially with them being frequently preoccupied with gadgets in their hands).

They have less ‘sharing sessions’ with each other, and they consequently grow further from each other emotionally (though they’re physically together under the same roof)

A tough reality waiting to happen to all of us, or is it something that we CAN avoid?

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Personally I believe it’s something that we CAN avoid.

We CAN have loving relationships with our spouse, based on trust and respect.

We CAN learn and strive to be a good and loving spouse.

BUT.

It’s not easy.

It’s hard work.

And, amidst our daily busy-ness, it gets tougher to nurture and maintain our relationship fresh and warm all the time.

Working on our marriage needs effort. LOADS of effort.

From BOTH the husband and the wife.

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Let’s share. Let’s communicate. Let’s keep on working on our marriage.

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“Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.”
– Zig Ziglar