Patience And Forgiveness Are The Secret Ingredients To A Happy Marriage
We are living in times where personal wellbeing is given the top-notch attention. Everywhere, we are told that our happiness and well-being are above everyone else’s. The concept of self-love is the dominating emotion of present times.
I am not saying it is wrong; well, one must love oneself and be content with whatever we are, but this constant bombardment of masked narcissism has made many of us selfish to the core.
The most affected institute of this behavioral pattern is the bond of marriage. We all are seeing marriages being destroyed at the drop of a hat.
Ridiculously minor issues or differences are being blown to the effect of divorces.
Families are being torn apart just to satisfy bruised egos.
Here Is Where Two Magical Virtues Can Help You Out ‘Patience’ And ‘Forgiveness’.
No marriage is perfect; if someone boasts that their marriage is perfect, you can be sure that they are lying.
But, tell me one relationship in this world that is perfect; even a mother and child have their differences.
Having the virtues of patience and forgiveness can help you transform your marriage into a source of happiness and fulfillment.
The Power Of Patience
It Helps In Understanding Differences: Marriage is a union in which two completely different persons come together to share and enjoy their life together as they age.
If you both have the virtue of patience, you would be able to understand each other’s viewpoint and appreciate the qualities that each one possesses.
Without patience, these different viewpoints often turn into ideological differences and become a cause of frustration. Patience gives us the understanding to identify our spouse’s thought process and find joy and bliss in it.
It Helps In Building Effective Communication: lack of patience is impatience, so if you have impatience in your marriage, you then have arguments and misunderstandings.
On the contrary, a patient partner would give themselves and their partner the time to express each other’s thoughts and feelings.
The patient attitude would help them calmly listen to each other and resolve any differences they may have.
It Gives Resilience In Tough Times: Every marriage goes through tough times or troubled waters.
The virtue of patience helps the couple to stick together in these harsh times as they face this storm together.
The patience gives them the wisdom to know that these difficulties are temporary and that if they are glued in love together, better days lay ahead.
The Healing Power Of Forgiveness
It Helps You Let Go Of Resentment: Having grudges and resentment against your spouse can destroy your marriage like termites destroy wood.
It would look okay from the outside but would be rotting and crumbling your marriage from the inside. Forgiveness acts as an antidote to this.
It helps you release any ill sentiment or anger you are having for your spouse and replaces that with love and kindness.
Helps You Appreciate And Embrace Imperfections: We sapiens are a species notorious for being imperfect.
It applies to you and your spouse, too. Forgiving your spouse for their imperfection creates an atmosphere of acceptance in marriage and makes it a relationship worth cherishing.
Helps You To Build Trust: It is said to err is human, and to forgive is divine. There are moments in everyone’s lives when they do something that they are not proud of.
Even your spouse would have some moments in life that they may have hurt you.
If they are guilty of it and seeking forgiveness, granting it would help you build more trust in each other.
So, instead of hiding things from each other, they would be sharing every minute of issues. It would help make your marriage stronger than ever.
Wrapping It
In a world that is slowly becoming borderline selfish and lonely, marriage I believe is like the last anchor withholding humanity.
You must remember that a happy marriage is not one that does not have any problems or challenges. It is just the contrary.
But what makes a marriage happy and a source of enduring fulfillment and joy is creating an environment that is harmonious and loving.
This can be possible by including the virtues of patience and forgiveness in marriages.
Remember, “and they lived happily ever after” is possible only if you believe it to be.
