Sacrifices

In life, we have to make sacrifices not just for ourselves but for others you love more than your own. Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross so that we may live and experience His love. Although we may not make sacrifices as holy as Jesus did, our sacrifices become just as profound when we do it for love and for the greater good.

There are sacrifices that are necessary and there are those that we do willingly for our marriage, our children, our family and our friends. At times we bitterly cry because the sacrifices become too big and we want to let go. And then we realized that letting go is more than the sacrifice itself.

Before I got married, I’m used to having it my way. My independence and, admittedly, my stubbornness are products of my years of trying to get out of my "middle child syndrome". When I got married to Edwin, I found out that for our marriage to work, there has to be interdependence and not selfish independence. That stubbornness must give way to selfless compromise. Marriage is a lot of work and we have to make sacrifices. Sacrifices that you need not lose your identity and self but sacrifices that makes you whole. Love and respect and happiness are worth more than any sacrifice.