When you recognize that you are in a marriage-in-crisis state, it may seem that it's already too late to mend anything. Well, that is not quite accurate. Here is six steps to rekindle the crumbled relationship and stop the divorce paper.

The contract you signed on the day you exchanged vows entails a lifetime commitment. When you swore you’ll be together through thick and thin, you offer yourself as your greatest gift for your spouse. But on the wedding day, everything is easier said than done. But as time passes by, when the danger of the real roller coaster ride confronts you, you sometimes ask why the church has to exaggerate it.

If you’re facing this kind of situation, here are five suggested activities that will keep your union intact.

Discuss the bliss and fuss.

Have a heart-to-heart talk about your marriage. If you can, list all the good points you, your partner and your relationship possess and always make room for appreciation. Keep it and write more if you have discoveries along the way. Discuss also your points for improvement. However, you don’t need to jot them down since they are meant to be forgiven and forgotten. What is not visible will be easily forgotten.

Enliven the kitchen.

Cooking loses its main purpose when the food isn’t shared with the people around you. Further, when you’re not in speaking terms with the people at the dining table, even the most delicious recipe of Martha Stewart is savorless. With these facts, experimenting at the kitchen together might be a perfect chance for you to enjoy each other’s company. It will ignite lighthearted conversations that will ease up the mood. You will be obliged to practice teamwork as well. After all, you don’t want your stomachs to suffer.

Recall the day you started your journey.

Take out your wedding album and leaf through your happy moments together. Didn’t she stun you with her blooming aura? How did he take the garter off your leg? How many times did your guests clink their glasses so they could witness the prelude to your honeymoon? Your wedding photos have captured how happy you were and how happy you can still be with one another. Can you simply let that slip away?

Make yourself available for the other.

A marriage in crisis can also be overcome by sacrifice. Giving up your football playoff game tickets for window shopping or canceling a belly dancing session at the gym for an eat-all-you-can meal may mean willingness to go an extra mile. These moves will affect your relationship positively. Loyalty is cultivated as you spend more quality time together. It leads to satisfaction in your married life.

Tighten the tie in bed.

Inside the room, you can behave without pretensions. In that sense, it’s the best place to enrich your love for one another. Go to bed together. Snuggle up under the covers, have a pillow fight or a pillow talk as often as you can and listen to your favorite love ballads. Explore and satisfy the sensual needs of your spouse. Get excited. Nobody’s peaking.

Communicate the love.

If you agree with Charles Noble’s quote, "First we make our habits, then our habits make us," you believe that expressing your love every day to your spouse is not an ordinary routine. In fact, it shapes the way you treat your spouse. Don’t reserve your affectionate words on special occasions only. You are supposed to express your love for your spouse all the time.

Your marriage doesn’t have to end up sadly. If both of you give your best shot to save the marriage in crisis, time promises a successful union. Instead of focusing on the negative aspect, engage yourselves in activities that will keep the love alive. Definitely, every couple has the right to live happily every after.