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Marriage Isn’t Forever: Love’s Hope and Lust’s Flame

Anatta Phoenix
13 min readNov 11, 2024

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When Marriage Fails: A Journey Through Divorce and Self-Discovery (Part 1 of 5)

Life unfolds in stages, a series of beginnings and endings. We are born, grow, break free from the family that raised us. We forge our own paths — independence, careers, a taste of love that might last, scorned by love’s failures.

When we feel acceptance in a lover’s heart, we may stand together and marry, bound by love, our eyes fixed on a bright future, our path paved with dreams, lit by hope.

Marriage is our solemn promise, a pledge whispered in intimacy, an anchor buried deep in the heart.

It begins with passion, two lives twining together, dreams merging, excitement building in anticipation of a beautiful future, swaddled in love.

We marry with the faith that as the worldly winds blow, guided by love, we would travel that shared path together hand-in-hand, knowing we’d chosen to walk it, no matter where it led.

Marriage is intended to be the one thing that stands solid through it all, a choice of companionship that matters…

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Anatta Phoenix
Anatta Phoenix

Written by Anatta Phoenix

Buddhist practitioner and writer. My autistic son is the focus of my spiritual practice. He inspires me with his love and companionship.

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