In today's world, infidelity seems to be the order of the day. World leaders do it, common people do it. It does not show respect for status, race, age, gender, or religion. There appears to be more tolerance for it although it remains generally unacceptable to human society. Fortunately, there are still those who choose to remain true to their commitment to their respective spouses.
As experience would teach us, doing right is always more difficult than doing wrong. However, the rewards of the former will always outweigh whatever temporary consolations are being derived from the latter. Eventually, this consolations will also disappear as the full consequence of a wrong act is realized.
Faithfulness to a spouse is not simply a matter of law or belief. It is about honoring a commitment to another human being to be there even when the going gets rough. Yes, the commitment is expected to remain even when a spouse falls short of expectations. Being human, everyone is bound to disappoint sometimes but this should not be a reason to look for fulfillment in another.
There is no marriage authority in the world who can claim that working on a relationship is easy. In fact, maintaining a working marriage requires consistent nurturing to flourish. It also requires spouses to be more forgiving of mistakes and supporting of efforts to correct them.
Remaining true to a spouse is never an accident. It is a product of a strong will to remain faithful even when the other supplies the reason to stray. Cheating spouses lament neglect, lack of appreciation, and deteriorating physical appearance of their partners. What they often not see is their own lack of effort to find an answer to the deficiency. As cheesy as it may seem, only true love allows people to see through faults and discover new things to love about the partner in the face of advancing age, stressful disposition and fading looks.
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