Struggling Well With Life

I have heard it said that “tradition connects the past to the present, and the present to the past”. For this reason I always try to persuade brides and grooms to commit to the traditional vows for their wedding. At a wedding this past weekend I cited vows for the couple to repeat after me, and they spoke the very same words that almost all of us who have been married have vowed. Even those who are the least bit thoughtful when hearing someone else make the same commitment, using the very same words are ushered back to the past. I am the least bit thoughtful at times, and I was reminded this past weekend that I committed to love, honor and cherish. Now that I have landed a good woman, there are days that I am more concerned about me, than I am about being the man Terri needs, and God requires. The past revealed that I still have some work to do.