"Working things out." "It will all work out." "Let's work this out." Obviously the common denominator of these phrases is work. And work is, by it's nature, difficult. Yet when we say these phrases we tend to miss the point. We are focused on the product and not the process of the work.
Marriage has to be one of the most difficult, work-filled relationships there is. What is the product? A good marriage? Is that what we're truly looking for? Or is it the process? Living life and working together on the issues of life that come upon us.
I think I've been looking for the product, the result. But where I can find satisfation - even if things don't go the way I'd hoped - is in the process, the living.
Here's to living! Here's to the process!
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