Most people have seen the Holiday Inn Express commercials where the main characters pilot a helicopter, prevent a nuclear meltdown, or give smart advice simply because they “stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.”
Usually the commercials are followed by laughter because everybody realizes how outrageous it is for someone to do these things without training.
Oddly, many couples enter into living together, marrying, having children and/or divorcing on the same premise. They jump into marriage believing that all it takes is love, and no training is required.
When couples encounter rough times in their marriages, they usually do what they know to do. When that doesn’t work, they file for divorce. For some reason, it never occurs to them to consider what they don’t know — that help from someone with training could get their marriage back on track.
Anybody who has been married for a period of time knows love isn’t enough. When marriages and families break up, it is hard on the couple, as well as the children, friends, co-workers, extended family and the community.