Tonight I was encountered by something that I can't help get out of my mind. A girl I know, just on the surface really, nothing deeper, told me tonight that she had been married right out of high school and divorced four years later. That story struck me especially hard because she is not the first person I know that has been divorced and she is not the first person that I know that has such bitter feelings toward a marriage. Another person in my life that is very close to me had a similar experience, a woman that fell in love in college and married soon after, changing her whole life to fit his life. Hence, the relationship ended in a very messy divorce and because of this, she has a sincerely bitter view towards weddings and relationships in general. I think it's sad when someone's love ends and just because of their one bad experience, it ends their whole faith in relationships in general. Love is always different, there is always going to be a good relationship and a bad one, there will always be mistakes and wrongdoings on both parties, but as long as trust still remains on some level, however broken it may be, there is always a chance for that relationship to get put back together.
Life is too short to be so bitter over something that perhaps you weren't ready for, perhaps you didn't think it all the way through. Perhaps life just showed you another path other than the one you were already on and you took it, or perhaps the love just died away. No matter what happened in the past, there is always another chance, another try in your future. And while I have no idea what a marriage is truly like from the inside, I do know that any relationship takes work, and if there is still love left after all the harsh words have been said, then there is still hope.
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