Time can generate growth, but time is not responsible for growth. Partners are responsible for their growth as a couple. Time is just a witness.
The Human mind and its complexity have always been a topic of debate for as long as one can remember. Just like any organ of the human body, our brain , the torchbearer, demands a pretty good amount of attention.
Marriage works in mysterious ways as two people become one and yet do not disappear as individuals. Both partners have an individual identity and purpose differentiated from the identity and purpose of the other one.
The societal systemic dynamics we experience in the Western World are intentionally programmed to depress you and overwhelm you with anxiety. It does not happen by chance but by design. If you are satisfied and psychologically, emotionally, and physically well-balanced, you are not so easy to manipulate for political agendas, blue or red.