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February 04, 2005
From Granny
HI! Well, I'm feeling much better. The sun has been shining and my funky mood is dissapearing. And I'm really busy. So I can't say much. I am just quickly sharing a writing that my Granny sent to me. I truely believe in what it says, and I wanted to share it with you. It means alot to me, to know that my Grandparents believe this as well.
"Family life is cyclical. A man and a woman fall in love, marry and
raise a family. The children grow up, leave home to start families of
their own, and the husband and wife are left together, just the way they started out. But the cycle is not complete unless the couple develops a warm friendship over the years. That is why Judaism encourages sex in its proper context and also emphasizes companionship. In fact, in the Jewish marriage ceremony, the four attributes of married life are called, "Love, companionship, peace and friendship."
The Quakers, known as Friends, built a series of motels in the northeast which offered members a special discount. A non-Quaker couple traveling late at night, came to one of these motels aand requested accommodations. The clerk asked, "Are you Friends?" And the woman replied, "Oh, no, we are married."
There is no reason why married people should not be friends, in fact,
they should be the best of friends. They can share so much; not merely housing and income but dreams and goals, activities, joys and sorrows. They should not be impatient or overly critical. They should try to understand each other, accept each other as they are, support and indulge each other, and try to help each other in every way possible. From the Jewish point of view, a good marriage is a good friendship in the deepest meaning of that term."
Posted by beth at February 4, 2005 06:09 PM