However long and hard the road....

So I went on a spontaneous road trip this weekend with my new roommate (who, for the purpose of this blog will be referred to as Pandy). It was a great experience and a real opportunity for us to bond and get to know each other. Pandy was very forthright and honest about her life and where she's come from, but also we talked about some things that have happened recently with one of her friends who's going through a really hard trial. We talked about her friend getting married and her friend's family. At my cousins' we all talked about family and the struggles everyone goes through. One thing that really stuck out to me is how everyone gets through things differently especially struggles in marriage. I may not be married yet or even dating anyone right now, but but oh how important that decision will be I once heard it said that you can endure anything so long as you have someone who is there with you. I've also heard it said by President Hinckley that most arguments and struggles in marriage arise from pure selfish-ness. I may not be married but I do know that in order for me to be someone who will stick with someone through thick and thin I cannot be selfish myself. I'm under the impression that the ideal of marriage is that you concern yourself with other person unselfishly and they treat you likewise and in doing so all your spouse's needs are met through you and your needs are met through your spouse and so you both are perfectly accommodated for without having to think about yourself. This is an ideal I don't know if anyone has ever achieved such a balance, but what I know is relevant to myself as I go out and date and decide on who I'll marry is that it's got to be the right person, the right place, and the right time in order for me to have the best chances in meeting that ideal in my own marriage some day. However long and hard the road is to find that person who will stick with me and I with him (however long and hard the road together may be), I cannot stop.

Now I wonder...