Marriage and the Principle of Relativity
So I’m sure you know of this Principle of Relativity. To put it simply, if you stand on the side of the street and look at cars moving, the cars have a different speed greater than 0 in relative to you. But if you change your point of reference, like if you now sit in that moving car, now the car has a velocity or speed of 0 mph in relative to you.
So somehow, our coversation makes me think.. Each of us as individual is driving our own car, at a different speed compared to each other. Sometimes on the road, we may catch up with one another. And this road is our life. But since on this highway of life, our cars are running at different speed, after a while, we will grow further and further apart, as one car will fall behind and other cars will be way ahead. Or we simply just pass by each other. But also on this highway of life, at some point, our car catches up with this other car, even though we each still have a different speed, our speed are somewhat similar to each other. So we get to drive close to each other longer than other cars, instead of passing each other too quickly. And as time goes by, we realize: oh! maybe we are getting to the same destination or close destinations. So we decide we should just dump one of our cars and carpool with each other. So now we ride together in one car. And so now eventhough our car is still moving, our speeds are at 0 mph in relative to each other. Because we move together. So this relative speed of 0 is what helps us feel constant, stable. We are moving together at the same speed in the same direction. So that moment we decide to abandon our own car and drive together to save gas and to have company, this is probably what marriage looks like on the highway of life.
