Relationships Drive Growth

Intimate relationships are the primary driver of human growth.

You fall in love with someone, but eventually your feelings fade and the reality of who you are starts to take over your relationship. You start to feel angry and resentful. Sex falls apart.

You're bumping into the fact that your brain is designed to survive childhood. It's not designed to support a long-term romantic relationship.

When you have an intimate relationship, you get forced into uncomfortable situations where you have to either grow or be miserable. That's why intimate relationships drive growth.

When you grow, your relationship gets better, and as your relationship gets better, it drives even more growth. This cycle never ends.

You do have a choice: you could have a cat or a dog and live by yourself. But most of us want to love and be loved, and if you want to love and be loved, you need to grow to become capable of loving and being loved.

We all have to face this challenge. Every couple has relationship problems. Every couple struggles with communication. Every couple struggles with sex.

There's one luxury in life that outshines all others: an amazing marriage. There's no reason you can't have that kind of marriage.