Love and Marriage

I read an article in the paper this morning about marriage and how frail that insitution has become. I believe this is, in part, due to the redefinition of "love". Love used to be considered an act of will; it was something you had to do. At some point, it became an emotion; something you feel. The problem with the idea of love as an emotion is that emotions are fragile and fleeting; you either feel them or you don't and what you feel today you may not feel tommorow. It is inevitable that your feelings toward another will change with time and circumstance. Will, on the other hand, is not an emotion, it is the product of determination and as such, is less fleeting and fragile than any emotion. The notion of love as an overwhelming emotion, while popular in literature and film, can be dangerous, and even fatal, to marriage. After the emotion of love recedes, if the will is not there to maintain the marriage, it is likely that the marriage will be viewed as a burden rather than a blessing. This is my opinion anyway....