I always tell couples that I marry about the 50/50 principle of marriage. True or false. Marriage is a 50/50 proposition. Each partner brings their half to make a whole. It’s false of course. It is 100/100. In relationships, two halves don’t make a whole. We joke about our better half. But in reality if a relationship whether it is a marriage or friendship is based on two half people, it is doomed for failure.
Two wholes become one. And this often takes a lot of sacrifice. It is not duty-free. It takes commitment. It takes patience. It takes forgiveness. Read through chapter thirteen again and you get the picture.