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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Saving Your Marriage

By Greg Sloan


The romance is there. The excitement reaches it's pinnacle. The newlyweds are so in love, and to be truthful, they don't know it now, but some of that love is in fact an infatuation that ultimately wanes. The love in no way has to die with it, yet sadly often it will.

Oh, absolutely there are committed couples that succeed in today's times and they make it work in a great way, a caring and enduring way. Even so, as we all understand, the facts are a bit greater than fifty per cent of all married partners end up in a divorce court.

The pain is very bad. It is worse when little ones are involved as they can become upset and knotted in the mess that their mothers and fathers have been unable to disentangle.

Good people can get divorces. Great folks can get divorces. This thing we call divorce is not just set aside for those "goof offs" who simply cannot agree with other folks. Because here's the deal, we arrive at young adulthood at marrying age and we are somehow required to automatically be outfitted with the essential skills to be successful in a marital relationship.

Oh, of course, we may go to exceptional lengths to be schooled for our jobs, and we will do just about anything to obtain training for our hobbies or sports, or a myriad of other things. However, with something as essential as our marriage, we leave it to, "Hey, that will work itself out. We're really good people. We will make it.

But on way too many times it's gone far beyond that. And the "Couples Therapy" success rate is not too promising either. Because struggling husbands and wives sometimes don't do their homework well enough to find the rate of success, expertise, and methods used by their prospective therapist. Many superb counselors have been well schooled with individual problems such as poor self worth, anxiety, depression, and feeling alone. However, a lot of them aren't as trained when it comes to the substantial loads of baggage that two very different persons have brought along into a partnership.

Whew! I guess it seems like bad news so far, huh? Well maybe a bit. But, it really can get much, much better. Your marriage, or that of your friend's can be greatly restored if it's in difficult or emergency circumstances.

Start looking for a good counselor with an awesome reputation. Sometimes that can take some time. During that process, identify some excellent marriage material to start thinking on. I will link to some at the bottom of the page if you want me to. Then, when you locate a wise therapist or a clergyman well trained in marriage counseling, get an appointment. But remember, quite a few people need some urgent counsel in the meantime. So if you have some quality marital teachings to begin to read and study until you get face to face help, sometimes it's very good.

But right here is the primary point. Here's encouragement! Unless there is substantial abuse, all of which we can't go into here, you can save your marriage! AND... many times even if it's simply one of the partners fighting for the marriage. Don't give up. Stand strong to maintain your commitment and try to love your partner unconditionally. It will take some of that to survive. Don't stay in an abusive relationship where you could be in danger. That is another level (and certainly not always hopeless either). But if it's simply about two decent people who have to find out how to love each other, live, and thrive together again. Yes, you can do it! Keep your relationship alive!




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