Are you ready for Marriage?

Most of us dreams of marriage, of walking down the aisle and meeting the love of your life; of celebrating with family and friends; of building a home and sharing a life. But it is not easy to find that right person - that somebody you’re willing to spend the rest of your life with. Neither it is easy to decide if you are really ready for committing yourself to somebody else.

A friend will be getting married soon and she had confided some deep thoughts to me. I would like to share with you some sensible things we have shared.

Are you really ready for marriage?

Marriage is for two persons who want to share a single life. It does not mean that one will be subordinate to the other or one will dominate his/her partner. It is not about who will provide and who will give way. Marriage is a partnership, and partners grow together towards the attainment of a single goal. For married couples, that single goal is building a home.

If two souls have found in each other the comfort of home, then they may be ready for marriage. But that is not the end yet. Marriage is lifelong. Building a home is lifelong.

But what is a home? Home is where your heart is. Cliche as it may sound but that line is true and correct. Your heart lives inside the person you love. When love lives in each other’s lives, love will grow into a house of love called home.

Marriage means being partners for life, and it entails maintaining their home as long as they live.

I wish my friend a happy marriage, a fulfilling love, and a loving home.