your SPOUSE is the one who’ll sit beside you when your PARENTS DIE. who’ll hold your hand through CHILDBIRTH. who might have to BATHE YOU if you’re ever too sick to stand. this isn’t just about BUTTERFLIES or DATE NIGHTS. it’s about choosing someone who SHOWS UP... in GRIEF, in MESS, in UNCERTAINTY. so no, LOVE ALONE isn’t enough. COMMITMENT, MATURITY, and the ability to ENDURE life’s ugly parts... that’s what sustains a MARRIAGE. because when life gets PAINFULLY REAL, ROMANCE won’t carry you... CHARACTER will. and the truth is, FOREVER is only possible with someone who knows how to STAY when it’s HARD TO LOVE
10-year old kid knocked on my door
Offered to mow my lawn for $20
I love encouraging young entrepreneurs
So I hired him to mow all 10 houses on my block
Paid him $200. He was grinning ear-to-ear.
Then I charged each neighbor $125 for a "premium lawncare service"
I made a $1,050 profit by arbitraging labor
Welcome to capitalism, kid