The Power of Inner Love in Marriage : หน้า 36/62

CERVICE Testimony 1 Mrs Anchalee Nathanson, USA "His teachings, above all, instill in us the intellect to cultivate inner, rather than extrinsic, love. The fully fledged inner love shall safeguard the spiritual perfection of one's soul, with no vain struggle for extrinsic addition. With the revelation of life's truth, blissful life is attainable even by one single soul because true happiness can only shine from within." My name is Anchalee Nathanson and I am married to a Jewish American whose name is Michael Nathanson. We have two adorable sons - Ilan and Joshua Our family lives in New Jersey, USA Surprisingly indeed, the proven happy marriage formula I am sharing with you was kindly shared by our beloved Luang Phaw Dhammajayo. Here is my story a story of two lovebirds that voyaged on an overseas quest for love and sealed the beautiful bond with a marriage union. Sadly, our hearts were divided by the coastline because of emerging differences and our love eventually faded into the background. Both my husband and I have the type of character that firmly upholds self-justice. Unlike my husband, I came across an opportune chance to learn about, contemplate and apprehend Luang Phaw's saying that 'marriage' is indeed a union to create greater family joy together. In achieving so, couples should continue to say sweet and loving words to each other continually, even after the honeymoon stage is over, despite a deepening familiarity that one has towards the other over time. Years ago, when we were newly-weds, my husband would return from work every Friday with a bouquet of beautiful roses for me. As time flew by, the bouquet size got smaller until there was only a single rose. I passed a sarcastic remark one day by saying: "Honey, I noticed that I get fewer and fewer roses these days - till there's only one left for me today." "Well, next time you might get only the stamp" he replied with a shy smile. Surprisingly, I received a big gorgeous rose bouquet the following Friday, which I feel symbolizes apologies and reconciliation after a decade of married life. A rose bouquet with his same old shy smile ends every argument that happened between us on the previous night. PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com