In this modern world we are used to getting things right away, we are often flooded with images of perfect lives on social media, and are told that if we should always be happy and if not it is okay to leave a situation. We often use this flawed thinking on our marriages. Spencer W. Kimball has said "Happiness does not come by pressing a button, as does the electric light; happiness is a state of mind and comes from within. It must be earned. It cannot be purchased with money; it cannot be taken for nothing." I believe that all good things take work. Work refines us, strengthens us and teaches us many lessons along the way.
After being married for 20 years my husband and I have put a lot of work into the life that we have achieved and I know that there will be much more work to come, however as we look back at all we have accomplished together we feel a great sense of satisfaction from the sacrifices we've made and the successes we've had and know that we have ultimately grown closer together as well as closer to our Heavenly Father.
President Spencer W. Kimball also said "Honorable, happy, and successful marriage is surely the principal goal of every normal person. Marriage is perhaps the most vital of all the decisions and has the most far-reaching effects, for it has to do not only with immediate happiness, but also with eternal joys. It affects not only the two people involved, but also their families and particularly their children and their children’s children down through the many generations."
This quote is meaningful for me because it puts things into an eternal perspective, allowing me to see that the hard work that we put into this life will bless the multitudes of generations after us, and to me, that really makes it seem worth it.
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