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“Love & Marriage...Without
Divorce”
"Do Married Couples Have
An Edge?"
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Marriage AND Happiness...
Many of us have read reports that drive home the message: married people
are healthier and happier, and hence live longer than single or celibate
individuals.
For one, there is
the emotional support they receive when the going gets rough, and the fact
that married life provides the opportunities to sustain communication
between two people, even if one of the spouses just wants to vent out.
In fact one of the
reasons people say they like being married is the assurance that there is
someone they can come home to at the end of a hard day.
Marriage vs. Primal Instincts...
Dr. Mary Pipher, a therapist and anthropologist, points to the family as
still an essential unit of the community. When people get married, their
hopes are linked to building a home and family.
Dr. Pipher maintains
that families are ancient institutions. She said that ever since
humans crossed the savannas in search of food, our families have been
unique…Homo sapiens needs families to survive, and bravo to those millions
of parents who are trying hard to do the right thing.
Happily married
people understand this very basic concept. It is not just their own
nucleus that needs caring, but the entire institution of marriage and the
social unit known as a family.
When marriages
flourish, so do families, and as a result, communities all over the world
also flourish. This is a condition that helps our societies become
stronger and progressive. When the smallest unit survives, the larger
ones flourish and survive.
“I write about families because I love them. When
I travel alone far from home, I think of my children’s faces to calm
myself down.
I picture them smiling, studying, playing violin or
volleyball. I picture my husband’s face bent over his guitar or relaxed
and fresh, the way it is on the mornings when we drink coffee together on
the front porch. Those faces are my mandalas.
They comfort and secure
me. The faces of those we love are the first, the primal, mandalas for us
all.” ...Doctor Mary Pipher.
The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families. G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
New York. 1996.
These are the
sentiments that happily married people nurture and sustain in their
hearts. If they focused on their mandalas instead of on their
frustrations and unfulfilled desires, these are the people who have shown
an incredible willingness of reaching out, of seeing past their own egos.
(Marriage is not the
extension of the romance junkie phase. It is equivalent to a long term
commitment that emotionally intelligent husbands and wives understand
fully.
They know, deep in
their hearts, that love and passion will not always be on the daily
agenda, and may diminish as the responsibilities of their marriage take
them to the next level – family life.
To
conclude this section, here is a statement extracted from the book Anatomy of Love by
Helen E. Fisher:
“When Darwin used the term survival of the fittest, he was
not referring to your good looks or your bank account; he was counting
your children.
If you raise babies that have babies, you are what nature
calls fit. You have passed your genes to the next generation and in
terms of survival you have won…only in tandem can either men or women
reproduce and pass on the beat of life.”
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While perfect love affairs are
supposedly made in heaven, they're lived out here in our imperfect
world. And my friend, therein lies the rub...
Most of us are just a little shy on that 'perfect' part, aren't
we?
The staff here at Lazy Dude Publishers
hope the content on this simple web site will help you do a tad better
with attainment of the 'perfect' part...
Until next time, may
the luck & happiness of true love, and the wisdom to recognize
them, go with you...
Peace,
E R Thorpe:
Publisher
Disclaimer:
The information herein is not meant to
be taken as legal advice. The Publishers are not suggesting you follow
any references, resources, strategies or methods, either implicit or
implied, found herein or on any web page located at any referenced web
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