Thought 28MAY2009

KEEP THE FIRES KINDLED
George Bernard Shaw described marriage as that time "when two people are under the influence of the most violence, most insane, most delusive and most transient of passions. They are required to sear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part".

Recall the aura, the ecstasy, the perfectness of your wedding day. The vows are meticulously and faultlessly repeated. A stimulating honeymoon reinforces the idealistic glow. Nothing could ever alter the thrill of this hallowed occasion.

Then comes reality. The couple soon realizes marriage is not an ongoing celebration of celestial dimensions. It's a lifelong process of down-to-earth hard work - worth every drop of sweat it produces.
Extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II', Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path - Scandinavian Proverb