In the second place, to survive the storms of life one needs a strong sense of where we are going with our lives. Christ called his disciples to mission. We don't know what was on the other side. All we know is that Christ did nothing without a purpose. If the disciples had not been on mission with their Lord, they could have escaped the storm.
Responsibility always involves risk.
That shocks them-but I tell them that they could probably be a lot happier if they remained single. They could spend their money the way they wanted to, go anywhere they wanted to and do with their time exactly what they wanted to. Happiness comes as a by-product of a higher purpose for their relationship. In an intimate relationship, we can discover the joy of developing a self and offering it to help the person we care about. This is equally true about parenting.