So
yesterday my post about sleep clearly didn’t draw much attention… that’s fine,
you guys just won’t know the “Yawn Story.” Your loss! (Seriously though, I know
it wasn’t that great of a post so no hard feelings!)
Today I want
to open up a conversation that is becoming more and more prevalent in my life
and in society. The topic is on marriage and in particular, the growing belief
that marriage doesn’t work in this day and age.
I have
actually witnessed this way of thinking and it caught me off guard. Josh and I
were about 4 weeks out from our wedding and at a work function I actually
overheard a conversation (that wasn’t about me) where someone stated, “Who
actually gets married anymore?”
When it was
first brought to my attention that this was a belief people were buying into, I
didn’t understand. Maybe it’s the Midwestern girl in me, with my traditional
values, and the desire since childhood to grow up and get married. I thought
everyone wanted to get married and start a value, create their own legacy, and
be forever in love with one person.
Unfortunately,
I am learning that this isn’t the case. The number of people who don’t believe
in a marriage working is growing. Whether it be because the divorce rate is
sky-high or society giving out unrealistic relationship ideas, people are not
interested in marriage.
Our culture
is embracing the idea that there couldn’t possibly be one person out there for
everybody and even if there is, the marriage will inevitably end in divorce.
What a sad way to look at something that is so beautiful.
So it’s
gotten me to start thinking and really questioning this new way of thinking. To
be completely honest, I don’t get it. I love being married. Truly, it is
everything I expected it to be and more. Are there difficult times? Sure!
Wonderful times? Absolutely! And I am firmly aware that my husband and I have
not yet seen our worst day, and on the flip side of that, we have not yet seen
our best either!
I believe in
marriage and I believe in it lasting. And I encourage the people in our society
to rethink the dismissive attitude towards marriage.
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