Two things I read today stuck me and they both came from different sources. One was from the novel The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. Sparks is one of my favorite writers because he writes about love, abiding, forever love, not love that is here today and gone tomorrow as in many of the current Hollywood movies. This book is no exception.
The line I reponded to as true was, ‘she was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.’ Certainly this is true both in marriage and family life.
You don’t have to be doing something extra special. When you’re with someone you love, just being together makes it that way. So it can be a picnic, playing a game, watching a DVD together or simply wandering around a historical place or looking at the shops as a young married couple I know did recently on their date night. They walked and they talked. That’s always good for any marriage.
The other thing that struck me, was a comment made by Ryan O’Keefe. For those of you not in Australia or not into AFL (Australian Football) Ryan O’Keefe is a Sydney Swans player. He said, “Any professional sport is in the mind and if you get a bit dull and unmotivated in anything, it’s going to be hard to perform well and push yourself,” he said.
Again, this comment could apply to marriage. If our marriage is important to us and a priority in our lives then we will look at ways to improve it. We won’t allow ourselves to coast along, to get dull and unmotivated.
We will try and be the best marriage partner we can be, and make sure our marriage and our spouse are the best they can be. That means spending time with our spouse, talking, sharing jokes, laughing and just seeking to make each day a memorable one.
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