assalamualaikum,

pertama sekali...syukur aq masih bernyawa :) keduanya, aq kangen....kangen ngeblog! dah lama bener gak ngeblog. ku coba mulainya lagi yah.

akhir2 ini, aq lagi sibuk ama kerjaanku. oh ya, aq kini dah mulai kerja lagi ama kakak iparku dlm usahanya. ya, kalo dulu juga gitu, tapi aq berhenti seketika karna gak sabar. dan sekarang aq banyak ngurusin bagian administrasi usahanya. lumayan lah, namanya juga kerja dan lagi belajar2. aq kerja dari rumah doank dan kamarku ini dah seperti office yg punya ranjang bisa ku rebahkan badanku ketika sedang capek dan stress. hehehe... asik... :)

dan sekarang aq lagi sibuk ngumpul uang. biar punya dana dan biar siap utk semuanya. ehem..ehem! ya...gitu lah. hehehe.. oh ya, ada temen dari aceh yg nawarin aq jadi "middle-woman" nya utk bisnisnya. tapi ya..ini butuh waktu dan sabar. soalnya jenis bisnisnya bukan keahlianku. tapi nggak papa...aq coba dech.

dan kini...aq sering diutarakan pertanyaan "kapan mo menikah?" atau "dah ada pacar belum?" atau "siap gak kalo aq mo menikahi km?". bikin aq jadi pusing. kadang orang itu gak pada pikir apa yah...enak aja minta aq menikahinya. kenal aja gak, tumben ngajak merid. tapi aq teringat akan nasehat dari temenku yg satu ini, "banyakkan doa, sholat tahajjud, dan istikharah" ya..ya..insyaALLAH. makasih atas saranannya. ngomong2 ada temenku pada merid nih.. namanya ANA&AYIE..selamat yah. maaf ndak bisa ke kedah..jauh..ongkosnya sedikit banget..ntar yg di side co nya aja yah. habis bab merid...

aq seharusnya menghadiri satu program kursus bisnis tapi aq terpaksa nolak karna kaadaan lagi gak mengijinkan. gak ada uang dan programnya jauh dari rumahku.. moga2 lain kali aja. pengen nambah ilmu tapi aq ada keperluan lainnya di sini.

terus...apa lagi...dah dulu ah... ntar punya idea ku lanjutin lagi... :p
daaa...

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question.

She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?" I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, “It depends. Is that your husband?"

In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience.

You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love...Because it's happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think about the imagery of that expression. It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling in love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.

But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not always welcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, Drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, "Did I marry the right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is the most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.

I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You could.

And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because (listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the _expression "the labor of love."

Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it takes WISDOM. You have to know WHA T TO DO to make your marriage work.

Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity), there are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable...you can "make" love.

Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling.