Tag: Dr. Stan Tatkin

"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." ~Rilke

Imagine if we began our marriage with the vow, "I take you as my burden, to have and to hold from this day forward." Call me jaded, but I think if people understood loving someone over time is agreeing to the most enriching burden you will ever carry—we would leave one another less. We would enter the challenge of relating with our eyes open and be prepared for the serious heavy lifting love takes.