No Longer Bound

How do you know you are bound? Many of us get married and begin our relationship with what feels like love, understanding, and shared dreams. Everyone around us knows who we are, and we believe we know ourselves. The unfortunate truth is that sometimes we do not really know who we are, and we do not realize that we have become bound-bound to an idea of what our relationship is supposed to look like. Personally, Karen believed that her relationship with her husband was reciprocal. She thought they were building something together, equally invested in love and commitment. But it was not reciprocal at all. She was bound-not by chains anyone could see, but by the belief that she would live happily ever after with her Prince Charming.