We do not hear espoused or celebrated often enough the value and benefits of faithfulness, fidelity and monogamy. Rarely do we hear of the sacred nature of marriage and its profound, life sustaining role in the social contract. A long term, ongoing monogamous relationship can be exquisitely intimate.
A business acquaintance, a woman, said of my espousing faithfulness and monogamy: “How quaint,” as in charming, rare, old fashioned, unusual or unfamiliar, even strange. And then I reflect on our role models, Shirley’s parents, Art and Marge, married for 69 years and in love to the end. My parents, Howard and Nina, walking together holding hands with me behind them. Each of them raised the bar and set the goal. We find in it our deepest nature, our essential and fundamental selves. We become acutely perceptive of each other in a relationship that is intense and keen. It is as delicate and beautiful as a snowflake, as hard and lustrous as a diamond.
As a man, you will understand with certainty that your wife truly completes you in every way: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. You owe it to her and yourself to develop the depth of understanding brought on only by being faithful for life. God meant us as marriage partners to be together for life. Swans do it, so can we.
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