Nudist Colony Illusion

Yes, I am sure you read the title of this and thought to yourself,

 "What in the world Diane?"

If you are a Samford student and went to convo today you may understand a bit.

So the past 2 convocations [the one Tues and the one Thurs]...

we have been talking about marriage.

Seriously I think Samford is trying to make us think about marriage.

Hello, RING BEFORE SPRING.

[google]

 Anyways... So we had a speaker today and his talk was titled

How Marriage is Better than Joining a Nudist Colony

The name confused me but after some further explaining I like the point he was making.

He brought up the problem of how marriages today are not working.

He says we are taught at a young age the "Nudist Colony Illusion" which is:

1. Keep your independence as long as you can. [Sex and the City]
2. Date as much as you can. [Hitch]
3. Going as far as you can. [Jersey Shore]
4. Advance your career as high as you can. [The Devil Wears Prada]
5. Discover yourself as often as you can. [Eat, Pray, Love]

I have provided movie and TV examples for each of these.

He says that we spend our whole youth trying to accomplish the things above.

We make them our ideals.

But they we meet "the one" and then try to change your ideals.

The thing is we are so brainwashed that we can't change them and are unhappy in our relationships.

hello divorce.

Ever been in a great relationship but feel like...

you missing out on dating...

you still need to "discover" yourself...

you like someone else...

Yeah its because your ideals tell you that you are not suppose to be "tied down" to your relationship.

We are told that marriage is boring.

But guess what?!

ITS NOT!

In marriage you get to wake up every morning with your BEST FRIEND.

You get to share your life with the person that knows and loves you best.

You get to have sex.

Marriage was made as a gift from the Lord.

Seriously its going to be amazing.

So I just really liked the main points of this man's talk.

Even if he was a complete goof ball.

Guess what?!
Its Freezing Rain here in Birmingham!

With Love From My Father,

Diane Elizabeth