Why do you do what you do?

“Your love, like a flower, must be nourished. There will come a great love and interdependence between you, for your love is a divine one. It is deep, inclusive, comprehensive. It is not like that association of the world which is misnamed love, but which is mostly physical attraction. When marriage is based on this only, the parties soon tire of each other. There is a break and a divorce, and a new, fresher physical attraction comes with another marriage which in turn may last only until it, too, becomes stale. The love of which the Lord speaks is not only physical attraction, but spiritual attraction as well. It is faith and confidence in, and understanding of, one another. It is a total partnership. It is companionship with common ideals and standards. It is unselfishness toward and sacrifice for one another. It is cleanliness of thought and action and faith in God and his program. It is parenthood in mortality ever looking toward godhood and creationship, and parenthood of spirits. It is vast, all-inclusive, and limitless. This kind of love never tires or wanes. It lives on through sickness and sorrow, through prosperity and privation, through accomplishment and disappointment, through time and eternity.” -President Spencer W. Kimball SM pg 140

It is so sad that the world has come to the point where marriage is a seen to be a benefit for self and not a team where you are there to benefit the other. Now it is almost like having a roommate so that rent is cheaper, or so that you get better tax discounts and cheaper health insurance. We need to move back to the reason you get married is because you love one another and you do not want in any way to hurt the other person and thus will do whatever you can to help them to be a better person.