I think life is kind of like riding a bicycle (hmmm does that surprise anyone?) and I think that a good marriage is like riding a bicycle built for two: partners riding together in perfect harmony, peddling hard up the really steep hills, occasionally hitting bumps and roadblocks along the way, gliding down the easier slopes, always together in effort and purpose, encouraging and helping, working together toward a final destination that they can not reach alone, unified, and enjoying the view.
Marriage and tandem riding are neither one a free ride. Both partners must be contributors. One cannot coast while the other puts forth the only effort. Both must peddle, and one must steer. They must be in agreement in order to arrive safely “home”.
It's true, but sometimes I fall off my bike, and my husband has to stop and get me back on.
ReplyDeleteToo many times in my life my husband and I are not riding in the same direction. He wants to live one place, and I don't,stuff like that. Your analogy of marriage and the bicycle is a good one. If you try and go different directions, you can't get anywhere except falling off the bike! Oh if marriage only ran as smoothly as a bicyle built for two!
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