We can either elevate the experience or make it worse.

Consider the fact that there are always two alternatives to every situation. But try viewing difficulties in your marriage as opportunities to grow. Real life is challenging and life without challenge is, by definition, “life-less.” All of us enjoy a little calm. Life is a state characterized by metabolism, growth, the ability to react, reproduction and constant adaptation via internal change. Life is a force associated with animation, or vigor. Life is that which distinguishes something vital and functional from something that is dead. Apply the biological definition of “life” to your marriage. Time is not just a great healer time also provides the space we need to work things out. Great relationships are predicated on long-term faithfulness.

Remember the most important element in the meaning of love is commitment. As you work out your commitment to create a better marriage, here are 10 ways to survive and thrive in a difficult marriage. Life is always a work in progress and so are the best marriages. So if you are experiencing a difficult marriage hang in there. If your marriage does not involve challenge (and even conflict) then you are, in all likelihood, barely scraping the surface of what is possible in terms of a life-charged relationship. The truth is the best relationships involve challenge because challenge is typically a prerequisite for experiencing the best. It’s important that we understand that the concepts of “difficult marriage” and “good marriage” can be compatible.

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