[zaque1213]

Thanks for raising my apparent contradiction. What I meant to say, perhaps not very well, is that _no_ partner is capable of proving true, lasting happiness, which I now realize is an unexact term. However close one can come to that happiness, though, is a consequence of ones own resolve to seek the highest good of the other. In my marriage, the more loved, safe, happy, secure, etc, my wife is, the happier I am free to be. And my wife strives for the same. We are satisfied in the others satisfaction, and therefore don't depend on the other for satisfaction.