Readings
And
Poetry---1
And
Poetry---1
The Wedding Vow
You are not the air that I breathe,
You are the sweet scent that drifts upon it---
You are not the food that I need,
You are the nourishment of my soul;
You are not my will to survive,
You are my reason for living.
It is with you that I experience the wonders of the world;
It is with you that I triumph over the challenges in my path.
It is your partnership that will lead me
to the fulfillment of my dreams.
It is your friendship that guides me as I learn and grow.
It is your patience and wisdom that calms my restless nature.
I do not take you for granted, I cherish you.
I do not need you, I choose you.
I choose you today in witness of all the people who love us,
I choose you tomorrow in the privacy of our hearts;
I choose you in strength and in weakness,
I choose you in health and in sickness,
I choose you in joy and in sorrow,
I will choose you over all others,
every day for all the days of my life.
How Do I Love Thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love Thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
my soul can reach when feeling out of sight
for the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need
by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely as men strive for right;
I love thee purely as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use in my old grief,
and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
with my lost saints---
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!
And if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after Death!
Love One Another
Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore,
You shall be together when the white wings of Death
scatter your days;
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God;
But let there be spaces in your togetherness
and let the Winds of Heaven dance between you;
Love one another, but make not a bond of love,
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shadows of your
souls.
Fill each other's cup, but drink not from one cup,
Give one another of your bread, but not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each one of you be alone,
even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping;
for only the Hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the Temple stand apart,
and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow
To My Dear Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
compare with me, ye woman, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold
or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
the heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
The while we live, in love let's so persevere,
that when we live no more, we may live and love ever.
The Art Of A Good Marriage
William Arlon Peterson
Happiness in Marriage is not something that just happens.;
A good marriage must be created.
In the Art of Marriage, the little things are big things.
It is never too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is never taking the other for granted,
the courtship should not end with the honeymoon;
it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a Circle of Love that gathers in the whole
family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or
sacrifice but in the Spirit of Joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating
gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to
have the wings of an angel.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense
of humor.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is finding room for the things of the Spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is
equal, the dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner,
it is being the right partner.
From This Day
From this day forward, I make a promise:
Whatever happens, you shall not walk alone.
My heart will be your shelter and my arms will be your home;
I'll stand by your side and sleep in your arms;
I'll watch over you and keep you from harm;
I'll be the joy in your heart and the food for your soul.
May you feel deeply loved for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days and our darkest nights,
I take you into my heart.
True Love
Sir Walter Scott
True love's the gift which God hath given
to Man alone beneath the Heaven;
it is the secret sympathy, the silver link, the silken tie,
which heart to heart and mind to mind
in Body and in Soul can bind.
A Marriage
Mark Twain
A marriage makes of two fractured lives a whole;
It gives two purposeless lives a work
and doubles the strength of each to perform it.
It gives to two questioning natures a reason for living
and something to live for,
It will give a new gladness to the sunshine,
a new fragrance to the flowers
a new beauty to the earth and a new mystery to life.
Only Love
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Were there nothing else for which to praise the heavens,
But only Love,
Only Love were cause enough for praise.
It's All I Have To Bring Today
Emily Dickinson
It's all I have to bring today,
This, and my heart beside,
This, and my heart, and all the fields,
and all the meadows wide.
Be sure you count, should I forget---
Someone the sum could tell---
This, and my heart, and all the bees,
which in the clover dwell.
.
You are not the air that I breathe,
You are the sweet scent that drifts upon it---
You are not the food that I need,
You are the nourishment of my soul;
You are not my will to survive,
You are my reason for living.
It is with you that I experience the wonders of the world;
It is with you that I triumph over the challenges in my path.
It is your partnership that will lead me
to the fulfillment of my dreams.
It is your friendship that guides me as I learn and grow.
It is your patience and wisdom that calms my restless nature.
I do not take you for granted, I cherish you.
I do not need you, I choose you.
I choose you today in witness of all the people who love us,
I choose you tomorrow in the privacy of our hearts;
I choose you in strength and in weakness,
I choose you in health and in sickness,
I choose you in joy and in sorrow,
I will choose you over all others,
every day for all the days of my life.
How Do I Love Thee?
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love Thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
my soul can reach when feeling out of sight
for the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need
by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely as men strive for right;
I love thee purely as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use in my old grief,
and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
with my lost saints---
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life!
And if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after Death!
Love One Another
Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore,
You shall be together when the white wings of Death
scatter your days;
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God;
But let there be spaces in your togetherness
and let the Winds of Heaven dance between you;
Love one another, but make not a bond of love,
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shadows of your
souls.
Fill each other's cup, but drink not from one cup,
Give one another of your bread, but not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each one of you be alone,
even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping;
for only the Hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the Temple stand apart,
and the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow
To My Dear Loving Husband
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
compare with me, ye woman, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold
or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
the heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
The while we live, in love let's so persevere,
that when we live no more, we may live and love ever.
The Art Of A Good Marriage
William Arlon Peterson
Happiness in Marriage is not something that just happens.;
A good marriage must be created.
In the Art of Marriage, the little things are big things.
It is never too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is never taking the other for granted,
the courtship should not end with the honeymoon;
it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a Circle of Love that gathers in the whole
family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or
sacrifice but in the Spirit of Joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating
gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to
have the wings of an angel.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense
of humor.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is finding room for the things of the Spirit.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is
equal, the dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner,
it is being the right partner.
From This Day
From this day forward, I make a promise:
Whatever happens, you shall not walk alone.
My heart will be your shelter and my arms will be your home;
I'll stand by your side and sleep in your arms;
I'll watch over you and keep you from harm;
I'll be the joy in your heart and the food for your soul.
May you feel deeply loved for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days and our darkest nights,
I take you into my heart.
True Love
Sir Walter Scott
True love's the gift which God hath given
to Man alone beneath the Heaven;
it is the secret sympathy, the silver link, the silken tie,
which heart to heart and mind to mind
in Body and in Soul can bind.
A Marriage
Mark Twain
A marriage makes of two fractured lives a whole;
It gives two purposeless lives a work
and doubles the strength of each to perform it.
It gives to two questioning natures a reason for living
and something to live for,
It will give a new gladness to the sunshine,
a new fragrance to the flowers
a new beauty to the earth and a new mystery to life.
Only Love
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Were there nothing else for which to praise the heavens,
But only Love,
Only Love were cause enough for praise.
It's All I Have To Bring Today
Emily Dickinson
It's all I have to bring today,
This, and my heart beside,
This, and my heart, and all the fields,
and all the meadows wide.
Be sure you count, should I forget---
Someone the sum could tell---
This, and my heart, and all the bees,
which in the clover dwell.
.
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