There’s a piece of scripture often spoken at weddings:

“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated,

it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,

it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.

It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.”

In reflecting upon this, replace “love” with your own name. Or your family’s name. Or your name along with your partner’s.

When we try to live in this way, the world begins to change.