Remove all distractions

In an earlier post, I talked about how purpose is my big motivator. I'm willing to believe the same is true for my wife, but we'll have to see.

As i think about my main mission to have a 'loving and passionate marriage' I am beginning to realize that achieving that state is about removing as many distractions as possible. I think we've wanted the same things, but my wife just cannot climb over obligations, dirt, noise, less-than-comfortable-emotional-connection, and all the other things I've been tacitly or overtly asking of her.

I get super-charged, thinking about how cool our life can be by nailing the various items I outlined in my earlier post. Our conversation about the topic of intimacy really opened my eyes and I am very gratified to see changes taking place.

Naturally, I worry that after we kill off most of the distractions, she'll find new things to worry about and be distracted by, and I wont have achieved the intimacy I imagine we can have. I dont think about it a lot tho. I just try to be a better and better husband and father and have faith in the future.