What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion

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28 points·aberoham··4 comments

>discussions throughout the weekend centered on a desire for love, comfort, intellectual stimulation, decent leaders, a sustainable environment, friendship, and stability

This is the realization that comes after years of living. May be these are the things worth living for too.

>discussions throughout the weekend centered on a desire for love, comfort, intellectual stimulation, decent leaders, a sustainable environment, friendship, and stability

Wait, so the average person doesn't care about GDP or debt or trade wars? They don't want to be an economic robot?

How surprising!

These are also the things worth fighting for. People change the world one life situation at a time by sticking to some core principles, doing the best they can and leading by example.

Many classmates who are in long-lasting marriages said they experienced a turning point, when their early marriage suddenly transformed into a mature relationship. “I’m doing the best I can!” one classmate told me she said to her husband in the middle of a particularly stressful couples’-therapy session. From that moment on, she said, he understood

Loved the sentiment of that. But surprising that the metamorphosis happens in marriage. I wonder what percentage of people wait for their relationships to mature before getting married? Or if marriage, as a societal construct, is this mental barrier people feel like they have to overcome before their relationship really evolves.

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