I think this is beautiful : )
(https://biblia.com/bible/Proverbs4.18)
"But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day."
It reminds me of an old quote from Reader's Digest years ago, in which a Chinese man compared arranged marriages to the Western practice of "Romantic Marriages"
He said something like this: "In the West, when people get married, they start off with a "boiling pot" - then they get married, take it off the stove, and let it gradually cool down. But, in China, we start off with a "cold pot" we get married, put it on the stove, and let it gradually heat up!"
And also, the verse from Ecclesiastes:
Ecclesiastes 7:8a "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof"
Any experiences in your life - or in your observation - that make these concepts ring true?