From the Norse Tarot, the Ace of Cups; from the Wolf Pack, Rejoice:
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
~Erich Fromm
To draw the Ace of Cups (a card of joyful relationship) and the card Rejoice seems a lovely coincidence as today my husband and I celebrate our 33rd anniversary. While our hair is much grayer and our bodies achier, I have to agree with Henry Ward Beecher about older love:
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
Before I got married, a friend told me she was at first concerned because my husband-to-be was sort of a strange and unusual fellow. But then she said since I was pretty weird too, she thought we'd probably be okay. So I had to laugh when I came across the quote by Robert Fulghum:
We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.
Rob and I were total opposites in just about everything, worked out great. Work being a good key word. Happy Anniversary and many returns of the day
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about the effort needed in a commitment if it is to develop in a healthy way. Thank you for the well wishes!
DeleteCongratulations. We all have our weirdness, makes life interesting.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and yes, that adds to the spice of life!
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