what makes a marriage work

"What makes a marriage work is the ability to keep four levels of intimacy at a healthy state: emotional intimacy (able to share what we feel and how we feel about the other), intellectual intimacy (able to share our thoughts and opinions), spiritual intimacy (able to share our values and spiritual journey), and physical intimacy (able to share our body and physical affection). Intimacy has less to do with “agreeing” and always seeing eye to eye and more to do with being able to share our experience, values, thoughts, feelings and ideas when we know we don’t agree or see eye to eye. And knowing that you will be received with respect and a listening ear even when the differences separate you. Safety and trust are important foundations for this to be the case. Honesty affects trust and reaction affects safety."

stole this from a blog.. just wanted to keep it somewhere since its one my mind a lot.