Ron Rolheiser is a talented author and columnist whose work is in the same vein and spirit of writers like Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen. In one of his books, he advises that, “. . . no relationship can ever fully take our loneliness from us.” He goes on to say that many people “Get married precisely because of loneliness.” Later, they discover this doesn’t work, “. . . foist the blame on their marriage partner . . . and seek new relationships, hoping to someday discover the rainbow of total fulfillment.”
Rolheiser develops that idea in greater depth in his book, but the foregoing brief excerpts may give some insight into at least one of the reasons for the high U.S. divorce rate which keeps people from enduring relationships. Just something to think about.
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