Swami Mukundananda
How can I save my marriage when we keep clashing over faults and expectations?
Overlook faults, stop extracting happiness
In the story of the man whose wife passed away, he was not in the relationship to extract happiness from his wife. He was willing to sacrifice, make her happiness his goal, and overlook her faults. Looking at relationships for our own happiness creates expectations.
This man had such a sublime attitude to the relationship. He was not in it to extract as much happiness as he could from his wife for himself; rather, he was willing to sacrifice.