"The Art Of Marriage" - by Wilferd Arlan Peterson (long version) - Art of Marriage Foundation - promoting marriage education in the United States

"The Art Of Marriage"
by Wilferd A. Peterson

Compliments Of Erik & Beth Kent, Co-Publishers of NJWedding.com
and founders of the Art of Marriage Foundation

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In the art of marriage the little things are the big things...

It is never being too old to hold hands.

It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.

It is never going to sleep angry.

It is at no time taking the other for granted;
the courtship should not end with the honeymoon,
it should continue through all the years.

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.

It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude
of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.

It is speaking words of appreciation
and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.

It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience,
understanding and a sense of humour.

It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.

It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.

It is finding room for the things of the spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal,
dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.

It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.

It is discovering what marriage can be, at its best.

- by Wilferd Arlan Peterson (long version)

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We're proud to announce the launch of the Art of Marriage Foundation,
a non-profit charitable organization to help couples develop
healthy marriages and families through marriage education

More information and resources @ www.artofmarriage.org

Donations of any amount are welcomed and can be sent to:

Art of Marriage Foundation
A NJ Non Profit Corporation
15 Hendrickson Drive, Belle Mead, NJ 08502

Questions? Please call Erik and Beth Kent at (908) 874-0417...Thanks!

The Art of Marriage is an essay by Wilferd A. Peterson (published in THE NEW BOOK OF THE ART OF LIVING, Simon & Schuster, New York, copyright Wilferd Arlan Peterson, 1962, 1963; copyright Lilian Thorpe, 2004). Permission granted to NJWedding.com by the Heacock Literary Agency, Inc.