Is marriage all about having the biggest best house and most possessions, you can? I don’t think so.
One of the other things that amazed me recently when looking at houses was the size of them. Most were massive but all I could see was a lot of waste space and how much more difficult and time consuming they would be to clean.
I think it’s a shame that people’s expectations aren’t more realistic and that they don’t focus more on the marriage itself and building and maintain that relationship rather than the periphery things. I’d rather have a smaller house with the one I love than spend all our time and energy working to get something bigger and better. And I know Mick would too
Recently on a trip to Sydney I was listening to a Neil Sedaka CD. One of the songs echoed this theme. It was a Neil Sedaka song I wasn’t familiar with but it has become a favorite. Yet it is sad. Have a listen here. You’ll see why I said it’s sad. It echoes the idea that I’m just been talking about of putting all the effort into career and working to buy the biggest house and all the things that go with success and yet on the way losing out because they have lost each other. It shows the futility of basing your life on possessions.
Society is constantly pushing us to own more things and work longer hours so we can buy more things. That’s the basic idea advertisers trade on. This idea of keeping up with or even better surpassing the Jones. All I can say is the Jones are welcome to it.
In the long run, things like house and cars and such are just that. What is most important is the relationships we build up as we go through life and especially with the one we are married to and our children. Would you agree?
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