An Examination of the Soul: Is Marriage an Inevitable Event in Life?
This is a test of the soul, truly, because how many of us can honestly say that marriage isn't necessary? Perhaps only a few, because we live in a world constantly boasting about morality and standards, and we often can't escape worldly judgment and the pursuit of our own desires. The world wants people to be happy and live joyfully, with companionship and children, because we fear loneliness and don't like our days being too cold. So, as we get older, we yearn for this worldly warmth and simple happiness, inevitably becoming 'worldly' and therefore believing marriage is a necessary life event.
The myriad of men and women are not resistant to the fragrance of love in the mortal realm, so they naturally want to make this fragrance last forever. Marriage is the best way to preserve all this happiness and beauty, reasonable, sensible, and legal. To have someone stay by your side for life, to be perpetually in sight of each other, is the greatest happiness.
While acknowledging such beautiful fantasies and life pursuits, the trivialities and daily routines of married life inevitably lead to a mundane and unremarkable existence. If you want to find more romance and beauty in this mundane existence, then someone with a heart is not impossible. However, it requires two people with hearts, two people who understand what they want and what their partner wants. If you don't know, over time, due to the trivialities of life and the normalcy of days, you will lose some anger and minor arguments. Over time, this mundane existence can become pale and lifeless, leading to weariness. Therefore, the most tested flatness in a marriage is the flatness of marriage life.
So, whether marriage is a necessary event in life depends on one's own inner pursuit and thoughts. After all, so many people get married, and few argue; those who consider marriage a necessary event in life are not necessarily unhappy, and those who have been single for a long time are not necessarily miserable and lonely; on the contrary, they live their lives much more freely and romantically, like Plato and Rousseau.
Therefore, whether to marry or not, whether marriage is a necessary thing, it's up to you to test your soul. And, it is a test of one's own soul!
