35 years of marriage, as of today; more knowing and more mystery than ever...almost as if the two are somehow secret companions.
Both involve rhythms; rhythms that can be trusted—that need to be trusted, as their gaps widen with time. Some of them feel time-tested; some feel new. Some feel deeply centering; some feel scary.
Not surprisingly, I hadn't imagined some of this. But, I am grateful that predictability and certainty are not the highest forms of the good that comes from long-term commitment.
And, I am grateful for the kind of strength that is growing within each of us. Of course, I trust more of it in Tami than I do in myself. But, that's kind of a human thing, isn't it (to privately doubt yourself more than others...or is that just me)?—evidence, after all, is quite selective. The divine thing (that I see in Tami) is the real thing AND the most human thing.
When we grow into the divine, we actually become because it is the root of our truest essence. The path to this occurs in many forms. Marriage is certainly one of them, because of its capacity to lead toward love.
Thank you, Tami, for being willing (the essence of love?) to just walk with me.
