I don't think there is anything called a smooth marriage in this world. Every marriage goes through bumpy rides once in a while and chances are that your marriage too is currently witnessing rough weather. But the first state of mind you have to be in to save your marriage is to believe in the core of your heart that you can actually save your marriage and that there are still ways you have not tried which can bridge the existing gaps. This positive state of mind can go a long way to save your marriage.

However, before you take any definite course of action, ask yourself, what is the level of intimacy existing in your marriage. Intimacy does not only involve physical closeness but goes beyond the barriers of sexual togetherness.

Intimacy means the following:

• Emotional closeness and complete transparency with each other.

• Both of you feel no need to hide anything from each other

In case you feel embarrassed to open up to your spouse about a shortcoming, failure or a problem, then your marriage lacks intimacy. The more you try to deal with your problems alone, the further you are moving way from your spouse. To save your marriage, you need to break these emotional blockages and truly and honestly open up to your spouse, without any fear of being misunderstood. You have successfully tapped intimacy in your marriage.

The other proven way to rebuild intimacy and save your marriage is to devote quality time for one another. Let careers, kids, finance and other priorities be on hold for sometime during the day, when both of you can just sit and share thoughts and ideas, or even share jokes! You would be surprised at how connected your spouse would feel after each of these sessions.

The one and the most important point to remember about injecting intimacy in a marriage is that intimacy is not a one-time injection that is expected to work wonders. Building and retaining intimacy is an ongoing process. They say that that the more you put in to your marriage, the better it flourishes over the years. If this is not the right way to save your marriage, what is?

If you think that your marriage is worth of saving... you should fight for it. A good relationship, a good marriage especially, colors everything around us. It is always worth to fight for it.