I am feeling inspired by the happiness that can be found in
a good marriage at this moment. It is partly due to the level of happiness that
I am currently feeling and partly from dwelling on some wonderful lines from
“Pride and Prejudice” that I have taken up this train of thought.
I was writing in my journal, effusively relaying all of the
wonderful things Cory and I have been doing. Without even thinking I was letting
my words flow across the page. I looked back on one particular statement that I
wrote read, “we are having so much fun together. There really is nothing better
than a good marriage”. And so then my journaling about places and memories
progressed to ideas regarding life and marriage. I feel so extremely blessed in
my marriage and I am just so thankful!
I was reading Lizzy’s lamentations regarding her new
understanding of how well her and Mr. Darcy would have fit, had she accepted
his proposals. (no matter how many times I read that book, something always
strikes me as new and wonderful. I really do feel like the girls from The Jane
Austen book club sometimes). The description of two people, so dissimilar and
yet so fitting, is beautiful.
I then thought of Lydia’s situation. Lizzy wonders “how
little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought
together because their passions were stronger than their virtue”. This
description of an improper relationship heightens the idea of a happy marriage.
And so we have a picture of marriage as it ought to be, with a solid foundation
of virtue and a couple who perfectly balance the idiosyncrasies of their
partner.
This is a happy beginning for Lizzy and Darcy, and a happy
beginning for Cory and me. A good marriage will provide many wonderful things,
not the least of these being a friend to travel around Europe with; many laughs
together at the expense of the crazy Europeans; a foot rub after a strenuous
day of sightseeing; a work out partner; someone who will walk half a mile in
the rain carrying your laptop so that you can talk to your family; someone to
dance with under the stars on the top deck after recognizing the faint sound of
Armstrong singing “what a wonderful world”…
Yes… there truly is nothing better than a good marriage!
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