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Will Smith on Marriage as a Spiritual Discipline
Will Smith’s new memoir has a passage on his marriage with Jada Pinkett-Smith that I couldn’t help but sit with for some time. I knew I had to share it.
Their marriage has been… interesting. There were rumors about their relationship for years but when the couple sat down for their now infamous Red Table Talk episode, the memes were aplenty. They came to address some questions, and while I think they did that to some extent, I was left with even more questions.
Couple that with the continued rumors of extramarital dating, even more memes and a sound bite from Jada and her desire for love on Red Table Talk, Will couldn’t avoid elaborating on his relationship. Could he?
Thankfully, he didn’t avoid it. In fact, he may have said some things that will be in vogue for the next generation (and perhaps this one as well).
“There are few things in life more challenging than being married. The intimacy tends to stir up and expose our most poisonous inner energies. If we can learn to love here, we can love anywhere.”
Herein lies a key difference between friendship and a sexual relationship. While both relationships require intimacy, a sexual…
