When we see a handsome man or beautiful woman for the first time, we are struck with awe at how good-looking they are. Is it love at first sight? How do we know that this love will last? Do we want "happily-ever-after?" Do we want "forever?"How do we tell if it's just a short-term infatuation? Maybe, it's just trickery of the eye and then, to the mind. Then, again, maybe not.
In Their Eyes Are Watching God, Janie is married to Logan whom she was not in love with. She then, meets Joe who she happily falls in love with. But how does she know that she wasn't just trying to get out of a love-less marriage with Logan? How does she know that she didn't love Logan? Did she give their love/marriage time to blossom? "The grass is always greener on the other side," is a saying that I like to use often because I feel that we don't always truly appreciate what we have until we fully lose it. I felt that Janie should have tried to at least love Logan and give him a chance. Maybe, he's the one, the one she wanted all along. Instead, she jumps into a relationship she wants so she can be happy, but is she? Is it for the better?
Personally, I feel that committments, as big and as important as a marriage is, should be given every chance to succeed. Every choice and decision to be made, should have the committment of marriage as the reason we are striving for the better. When we've done all we can and have said all we should, and all else fails, there are no regretts.
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