Marriage IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

This week, I saw an article that kept making a reoccurrence on my newsfeed. The article was all about why marriage is NOT an accomplishment. Did you just read that right? Yes. Yes, you did. Marriage is no longer an accomplishment. Granted the article made a few good points, but I am here to say that the idea of marriage NOT being an accomplishment is far from correct, just the evidence of our ever twisted perceptions on modern-day relationships.

So, just why should marriage be considered an accomplishment? Is it more important than graduation from high school? From college? Is it more important than getting a great job or buying a home? The answer to all of these is yes, it is far more important.

But why?

Am I just a small minded individual who doesn't value myself as much as my husband?

No, not at all.

In fact, all of these accomplishments have been amazing for both of us, but none as important as our marriage.

I consider my marriage my greatest life accomplishment. It is an accomplishment every single day because every day it takes a lot of effort to make things work. With busy schedules and important obligations, marriage is the first relationship to hit the back burner when life gets busy.

Also, it's really easy to blame your spouse for a lot of your own problems. Even worse, it's so easy to learn to take your spouse for granted, because after all, aren't there more important things?

Marriage should be looked at as life's greatest accomplishment. A real marriage is meant to last forever, longer than your degree, longer than your job, even longer than your young life.

Today, people call it quits in marriage quite early. In fact, more than half of marriages end up in divorce! All because marriage is not valued at the level it should be.

Your marriage should be with your best friend, your life partner, someone you'd refuse to give up on. Things might be hard, but eventually you too will see that marriage truly is life's greatest accomplishment.