Just a short reflection in honor of St. Valentine's Day. Being in love, living with someone, having a relationship... these are not always easy things to bear. But to all of you out there who, like me, have a person you love with you every day you have a reason to rejoice.
When I was single my view of marriage was rather utilitarian-- I thought it was a way to combat loneliness, the proper context for having and raising kids, a way to refine the inner person into someone more virtuous. While it is all these things, I never could have seen what was hiding in the cracks and crannies of marriage: solidarity, renewal, forgiveness, lightheartedness, and the chance to truly know another person in a way not possible before.
"Lovers come and then lovers go
That's what the people say
Don't they know
How it feels when you love me
Hold me and say you care
And what we have is much more than they can see
Yes what we have is much more than they can see" -George Benson
"You and me together
Through the days and nights
I dont worry cause
Everythings gonna be alright
People keep talking
They can say what they like
But all I know is everything's gonna be alright
No one no one no one
Can get in the way of what I feel for you" -Alicia Keys
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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