During the wedding mass of my niece the Priest said that it would be easy to marry the one you love but it ain't easy to love the one you marry. What a clever play of words. Obviously when one marries one's lover the world was filled with honey and roses and the birds were singing and the sky was blue. Love was in the air. But after a while it takes commitment to love this person day in day out. With time we know that he/she is not perfect, has quirks, limited, etc. So loving this person that we marry is a different thing.
We all knew that after a while the honey moon - all honey moon- would be over. Now the real challenge arrived. Now the vows have to really mean something. Not mere words that we uttered when we were intoxicated by romantic love.
Having been married for more than a quarter of century I know that in time our love and commitment would have to be matured. Life would throw many things to couples and they would have to deal with those and depending on how they deal with those eventually their love and commitment would also be matured and would strengthen their bond as husband and wife.
So yes, to love the one you married is not easy but working as a team husband and wife would grow together. Their commitment to be a couple would give the strength needed to sail together and deal with what life throw at them.
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