If you see a married couple still in love through the years, you may think how lucky they are. But in marital relations, there’s no such thing as luck.

They made many compromises, they overlooked each others’ faults. They forgave many mistakes & endured many problems. They spent years learning to understand one another.

Love has never been a matter of luck. It’s mutual giving, compromise, shared dreams, care, respect, mercy and patience.

hugs n’ blessings to all the forever Valentine’s.

“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in a love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”
– Joseph Whelan, S.J., former provincial of the Maryland Province and American assistant to the superior general