At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.