You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons. - A beautiful mind
As a newly married couple when you say this to each other, I dont think its amazing. The first few months after you get married are supposed to be the best, right. Everything is new and shiny, life sunny and beautiful, him/her wonderful and bewitching. So obviously you'll be feeling it and declaring your new-found love to each other as often as you can.
I dont think it classifies as extraordinary when you say this to the person you've been married to for the last 60 or so years. At that age, when you look back, you'll be able to forgive a lot that happened, look past a lot that happened, and love him/her for a whole lot that happened. At that age, he/she will be what your life is about after the kids have moved out, gotten married and forgotten to call on your birthday, when in the real sense, your life starts revolving around this one person (cuz frankly no one else is there). Naturally you will feel all the love there is for this one person you've spent your life with.
When you have spent long 25-30 years with the same person and you're still in for another 30 years or so, when you've gone through or are going through all the mid-life crises that are there, when dropping estrogen levels is just one reason for the raging tempers and irritability, when every female other than your own wife may hold more appeal, when you might regret the decision of marrying the person you did marry, when you might not be able to recognize them anymore, when you might wonder where he/she has disappeared, when careers become frustrating, when despite that work place seems a get-away from the daily drudgery of family life, when you look around the dinner table and secretly wonder sometimes what would life have been like had you made some different choices, when nothing is going the way you had planned it thirty years ago, when you couldn't care less about anything happening around you…
When all that is happening and you can still wake up in the morning, look at the person sleeping next to you, and say, “You are the reason I am, you are all my reasons” and really mean it… I think that is when it becomes truly remarkable.
8 comments:
that was a very well written post. captured my feelings very well. i've been married for 3.5 years and the road ahead is long. i look forward to it every day, despite all the frustrations you alluded to. i think i'll be looking forward 30 years from now too. i'll check back with when i'm there :)
Wow! Now that gives love a whole new meaning, doesnt it? Something maybe we will not be able to understand at this age...
One of the best piece of writing I came across on blog ever !!
come to think of it, that is very very true, especially in today's world of fast track life where everything comes to you as a package, including the food you eat and the water you drink, it is really worth throwing a thought over this post. Despite all the adversities one has to go through to survive, saying that one piece to your partner, meaning every letter in it, is very much, undoubtedly, simply more than just extraordinary
amazing post.. nice work
ok i'm in love with this post. i just had to say it. :D
something that vr all looking for, great post :)
beautiful!
Lol.. keep at it ppl... shallow that i am, love the praise :D
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