Marriage is sacred. Marriage is commitment. Marriage is fun. Marriage is long-term learning process. Yes, we do learn each other for almost every day and it is exciting yet also challenging. For those who have not married yet, you prolly have a bunch of questions regarding marriage, don't you? I bet you do. Marriage is a life time effect from a major decision you make. Several questions blowing mind; Who's that person you are going to travel with till your hair is not dark anymore, how do you live, where do you live, how do you handle the household, how do you make money, how many children you are willing to have, how to create happiness in the household, where places you are going to visit with your loved-one and why is that person you are going to share lifetime memories with.
Perhaps, all those questions are not going to be solved by satisfactory answers. Marriage is not always full of happiness. It forms as curve. It can be in a bad situation or reverse, in a good-smooth atmosphere. If I may take an analogy of marriage in a bowl of chili sauce /sambal/, I will say it will never be so delicious without you pouring the salt inside. It cannot be a good chili sauce if you only pour sugar. You need to maintain and make it into a good composition between the salt and the sugar if we define the salt is 'a down phase' and the sugar is 'an excellent experience'. Pouring the salt does not mean we consciously create bad situation, but that is part of life, sometimes you are high, sometimes you are down, and sometimes you are just in between. You just have to decide the portion in order to create a way to maintain the taste.
A commitment should be treated as commitment. You share loves, materials, money, time, energy, and become a form of sacrifices. You sacrificing a lot of important things without losing it. The sacrifices transform into seeds. Seed that you plant to make someone/your-another-half happy.
Marriage is about accepting for who we are and who our spouse is.
Marriage is arguing, angry, and jealous.
Marriage is making memories and having fun.
Marriage is catching those spotted-sparkling-eyes during pillow talks at 1 am discussing what ifs scenarios and how we save and spend our money to build home, business, and raise children.
Marriage is amazing.
