A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.
What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them.