“They could fall in love with fresh, new people, or they could have the courage and humility to tear off some essential layer of themselves and reveal to each other a whole new level of otherness, a level far beyond what sort of music they liked. It seemed to her everyone had too much self-protective pride to truly strip down to their souls in front of their long-term partners. … [Read more...]
Failure is opportunity
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again – this time more intelligently. –Henry Ford … [Read more...]
Have you been ‘fired’ as a marriage partner?
Does the following apply to one’s getting “fired” as a marriage partner? We think it does: “I’ve heard that no one gets fired without secretly hoping for the liberation, but that sounds like the kind of pronouncement you make before you’ve been given the boot. Being fired is the pits, ranking right up there with infidelity in its brutalizing effect. The ego recoils and … [Read more...]
The Problem of Pain
“when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain … [Read more...]