May I offer a small sentiment from one of my essays ... from my book ----
‘I Choose Us’
Wonderful words that could be used many more times than they are.
That is the point of the wedding ceremony, isn’t it? But they are not said or heard by anyone. Each party to the ceremony will pledge their troth, promise to be happy when times are good, and take care of one another should health or any loss occur. The words are practiced, maybe written on paper or improvised and impromptu for a meaningful moment of time.
But no one will offer – I Choose Us!
OK – sometimes this ideology of a relationship and the status of being together does not last for the rest of our lives. People change, business or society’s pressures allow confidence in ourselves to evaporate, or even demand we consider major differences. Therefore, sometimes we do grow apart because we view our position on an issue independently, or our personality changes with time, to be more important than the initial promise we made to one another.
However, let’s not forget the initial feelings, the emotion we had for someone who we liked and liked us. That is a most important development of our personality and how we respect someone else. Life for many may not be simple, and it does take hard work to complete a “life”, but a simple statement can make a difference. Wonderful words to be used ………….. Always.
I Choose Us !