Monday, July 7, 2008

Finding a Life Partner....

When we look for a soul mate, we look for a person who is perfect in every way. Good looking, nice attitude, financially strong and all. The criteria and process of choosing the spouse becomes more complicated when one knows that he himself is good looking with a financially secured future and all the other attractive attributes. But it’s not the right approach. We only think about our needs, our requirements but never think what we can give. How can we support the other person with our strengths?

If you look for a perfect person and find him then it means that there is no challenge in life and then it means that you don’t love the person, you love his/her perfection. There is nothing special in marrying a successful person. Success lies in when you become the cause of your partner’s success.

Truth is that you cannot find a perfect person. So many marriages fail just because the selected person turns out to show some short comings, some imperfections after getting into marriage. The expectations are not fulfilled and you are left with a broken marriage.

But when you think that you have to support the person you have selected to spend the rest of the life with him just because the love you share and without any greed, judgments and criteria. Then there is only love. Love, which is above everything. When you truly love someone you don’t judge him. Instead you try to support your partner in things that he lacks. This is love and this is marriage. A very cute and sweet relationship between two people in which they compliment each others shortcomings by their strengths. Lovely! It completes you. Now I understand that why life partners are called your better half!!!

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