Ashley and Mike, what a
special moment, what a special couple, what a special relationship. One theme
that is common in your individual stories, and your shared love story, is the
willingness to play the "long game", and wait for what turned out to
be each other.
Mike, you talk about how
Ashley turned your, "life upside down and around, in a very good
way." You share how she has made you a better person and got you out of
your comfort zone. However, you had to be open to that, you had to welcome
that, you had to be willing to wait for that. You had to play the long game.
Ashley, with your fondness
for Yiddish, you say that Mike "is a true mensch", and you share how
blessed you feel that he has come into your life. You insist that life
"has changed drastically and for the better," because of Mike.
However, as you say, you had to wait for Mike, you had to hold out, you had to
play the long game.
The beautiful thing in
playing the long game is not only is it, as you say, Ashley, "worth the
wait." It is much more than that. It shapes your entire demeanor and
existence, in understanding that life itself, past, present and future is not
about the destinations we reach or strive to reach. There is scarce meaning in
most specific destinations. Life is about the journey, the greatest of joys is
found in the gradual uncovering of that journey, and the greatest journey is
the one you share.
Ashley and Mike, may you
continue on this wonderful journey, playing the long game of happiness
together, for many many years to come.
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