THE TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE
It means that many things will have to be overlooked, disagreeable personal habits and characteristics, and sometimes ways of thinking and acting that are offensive; but the result will pay.
None of us is an angel yet. We may be on the way to becoming angels by and by. When we are ready we shall no doubt be taken to heaven. Here on earth we are only in the process, at the very best, of becoming ideal beings. But let us help each other in every way we can.
The biggest joy of life is in helping other people to realize the best within them. Think what a fine opportunity marriage affords to help your life partner to become ideal!
It is said that the lack of money, and the pinch of hard times, have more to do with creating friction in the home than anything else.
Of course, it is trying to all of us to have to forego the many pleasures of life which money would give us. It is hard for the wife not to be able to dress as her neighbors and friends dress. It is hard to have collectors at the door or ringing the telephone and asking when you are going to be able to pay that bill. It is hard not to have comforts, and to be compelled to submit to so many discomforts in life, but if it makes us grouchy, we multiply our troubles. Yet it does make people grouchy and
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