Value Love... dun let it die....

Love - even genuine love - is a fragile thing.
Like a plant, it must be watered and cultivated or it will wither and die.
It seems some newly-married couples have the misguided notion that their love will
continue to grow naturally through the years. But the truth isthat love must maintained
and protected if it's going to survive. Love can perish when a husband works 7 days a week,
or when spouses don't make the effort to communicate regularly.
The keen edge of a loving relationship may be dulled through the routine pressures of
living. As I experienced during the early days of my own marriage, I was working full-time and
trying to finish my doctorate. My wife was teaching in school and running our small house.
I remember clearly the evening I realised what this busy life was doing to our relationship.
We still loved each other, but it had been too long since we felt the spirit of warmth and
closeness. My textbooks were pushed aside that night and wewent for a long walk. The
following semester, I took fewer classes and postponed my academic goals to help
preserve what I value more highly.
Where does your marriage rank on your hierarchy of values? Does it get the
leftovers and scraps from your busy schedule or is it something of great worth,to be
supported and replenished? Let there be no misunderstanding. If left unattended,
your relationship could die a slow death, no career goal is worth that price.