Readings And Poetry--3
You Finally Found Each Other
Author Unknown
You finally found each other after searching hard for love.
In this uncharted world you've come to one you're certain of;
How can you know the someone whom you'll cherish
throughout life?
What indicates identity,a husband or a wife?
Sometimes there's a gravity: sudden, fierce, obsessed;
as if you're falling toward some star,by its' strong pull,
possessed.
Or sometimes there's a childhood sense
of unselfconscious grace, sustained within the safety zone
of unprovoked embrace.
Sometimes there's the terror of the searing pain of grief;
as if the loss of love were death: sheer scream without relief.
Or there's a sense of loveliness,too precious to be lost:
a gift of all that makes life good,beyond constraint or cost.
Whatever signs you read, they all point in the same direction;
the Self that lies beyond the self in love and shared affection.
True Love lies beyond the will,yet you must choose to love:
each day to put aside the self and with the angels move.
Love: The Most Incredible Of All
Experiences That Touch Our Lives
Author Unknown
It creates for us the world that we want to live in.
From the beginning of our lives, we know that Love
is the power that comforts and protects us;
It is the one feeling that we can depend upon
to help us through Life's ups and downs.
Love is the understanding and security that never changes;
It allows us to be ourselves and feel self--confident.
Today, as the two of you join together and commit your love
to each other, remember the Lessons of Love
that you have always known.
Let your love comfort, support and encourage you.
Let your Love be the best part of your lives;
Always know that it will make everything better
and it will make your world a place of happiness.
Beyond Reflection
Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit
our own image.
Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves
we see in them.
My Gift
Rev. Mary Howell
Angel M Enterprises
I stand before you, dearest one,
with naught to give you but my heart
beating in wild anticipation,
hoping we will never part.
The years may come, the years may go
but one thing will remain---
this loving heart that's ever true,
singing this sweet refrain.
Some may offer you silver and gold,
but how do riches compare
with a true and faithful and loving heart
that you'll not have to share?
Clasp my hand closely, love,
and let us have no fear,
for this journey we will take
will last for many a year.
Please take this gift, my loving heart,
for you are the only one
who can keep it safe or break it into---
You are my moon, my stars, my sun!
The Rose
Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed,
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed,
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need,
I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed.
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance,
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
If the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long,
and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong,
Just remember, in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows,
lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring
becomes the rose.
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for
their toil; For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe
to him who is alone when he falls, and has not another to lift
him up. Again, if two lie together, they are warm, but how can
one be warm alone? And though a man might prevail against
one who is alone, two will withstand him.
Love Changes Everything
Love, love changes everything, hands and faces, earth and sky,
Love, love changes everything, how you live and how you die,
Love can make the summer fly
or a night seem like a lifetime--
Yes, love, love changes everything,
Now I tremble at your name!
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.
Love, love changes everything, days are longer, words mean
more,
Love, love changes everything, pain is deeper than before,
Love will turn your world around,
and that world will last forever--
Yes, love, love changes everything,
brings you glory, brings you shame---
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.
Off into the world we go, planning futures, shaping years,,
Love bursts in and suddenly, all our wisdom disappears,
Love makes fools of everyone, all the rules we make are
broken,
Yes, love, love changes everything,
live or perish in the flame---
Love will never, ever let you be the same!
Reprise
Ogden Nash
Geniuses of countless nations have told their love for
generations,
Till all their memorable phrases are common as goldenrod or
daises.
Their girls have glimmered like the moon, or shimmered like a
summer moon,
stood like a lily, fled like a fawn, now the sunset, now the
dawn,
here the princess in the tower, there the sweet forbidden flower,
Darling, when I look at you, every aged phrase is new,
and there are moments when it seems, I've married one of
Shakespeare's dreams.
If You Can Always Be As Close
Larry S. Chenegges
If you can always be as close and as happy as today,
Yet be secure enough to grow and change along the way;
If you can keep for you alone your love as man and wife,
yet find the time to share your joy with others in your life,
If you can be as one and walk through marriage hand in hand,
yet still support the goals and dreams that each of you have
planned,
If you can dare to always go your separate ways together,
then all the wonder of today will stay with you forever.
A Lifetime Of Love
Author Unknown
The most ideal expression of love is the joining in spirit
of two people whose hearts are as one.
'Love---'
A word that promises so many happy tomorrows
that gives meaning to everyday moments of sharing---
that strengthens and supports in difficult times---
that makes a commitment that never ends.
Today is the beginning of a whole new life together--
A life of special moments, shared with love---
Today is the beginning of countless bright tomorrows---
filled with all the special dreams inside your heart---
May the happiness you have found together be yours
throughout a lifetime of love.
Prayer Of Love
My marriage prayer for you is this:
That you will always remember the qualities that attracted you
to each other when you first met, and how you felt as your
feelings of attraction turned into respect, admiration and,
finally, love.
That you will work hard to turn your feelings of love into acts
of love so that nothing and no one can divide you.
That you will always have kind and loving hearts that are
quick to ask for forgiveness when you are wrong as well as to
forgive when your partner is wrong.
That your love might grow to hear all things, believe all
things, hope for all things and endure all things.
I pray you place your marriage in God's hands, and that your
love increases and overflows, beyond anything you can yet
imagine.
Marriage Is----
Anonymous--1st Cen. China
Marriage is a dynamic process of discovery;
Marriage is a journey, not an arrival;
In marriage, being the right person is as important as finding
the right person.
Marriage is starting to love, over and over again;
Marriage is a life's work.
Marriage is an art---and like any creative process, it requires
active thought and effort.
We have to learn how to share on many different levels.
We need to practice talking from the heart,
and understanding attitudes as well as words.
Giving generously and receiving graciously are talents that are
available to anyone.
But all these skills need to be developed,
if the marriage picture that we paint is to be anything
approaching the masterpiece intended.
Your Name
Jessica Blade
I wrote your name in the sky but the wind blew it away,
I wrote your name in the sand but the waves washed it away,
I wrote your name in my heart and forever it will stay.
Of Pearls And Stars
Heinrich Heine
The pearly treasures of the sea, the lights that spatter heaven
above,
More precious than these wonders are my heart of hearts filled
with your love.
The ocean's power, the heavenly sights, cannot outweigh a
love-filled heart,
And sparkling stars or glowing pearls pale as love flashes,
beams and darts.
So, little youthful maiden come into my ample, feverish heart,
for heaven and earth and sea and sky do melt as love has melt
my hear
Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
Kit McCallum
Cherished are the memories that brought us to this day,
for Yesterday was just a Dream, a wish to Contemplate;
A fantasy wherein my mind a fleeting glimpse I'd see
a vision of the true desires i longed for endlessly.
And when I dreamed I did not know the love I'd feel today;
The height of my true feelings and the depths they would
portray.
And if I had one wish today, a simple wish t'would be,
is that the love we feel this moment lasts eternally.
Reality has merged now as you stand here by my side,
and as I join your hand in mine, my heart does fill with pride.
For as I pledge my love to you, I see in many ways,
reflections of my love for you are mirrored in your gaze.
And by our presence here today and for the love we share,
I thank you for our Yesterdays that brought us to be here.
But more than this I vow to you, my wishes yet to come---
Tomorrow's dreams and fantasies, this day that we are one.
Tomorrow's an adventure that we'll share together now;
our future's entertwined forever, through this holy vow.
I promise to remember in the future years and days,
the love I feel for you this moment---dreams fulfilled today.
For in the coming years as we move on and reminisce,
back to the day I stood with you and promised with a kiss--
that blessed are the days that I have looked into your eyes,
and felt the warmth and love reflect the essence of our lives.
Yesterday we dreamed of what love might be;
Today we validate our love;
And tomorrow we will cherish
the Life we have shared as One.
Marriage Means Being In Love
Chris Ardis
Marriage is Love walking hand in hand together.
It's laughing with each other about silly little things,
and learning to discuss big things with care and tenderness.
In Marriage love is trusting each other when you're apart,
it's getting over disappointments and hurts,
knowing that these are present in all relationships.
It's the realization that there is no one else in this world that
you'd rather be with than the one you're married to.
It's thinking of new things to do together,
it's growing old together,
Marriage, real marriage is being in love for the rest of your life.
Evening Song
Sidney Lanie
Look off, dear love, across the sallow sands
and mark yon meeting of the sun and sea;
how long they kiss in sight of all the lands,
Ah! Longer, longer we.
Now in the sea's red vintage melts the sun
as Egypt's pearl dissolved in rosy wine
and Cleopatra--night drinks all--tis done,
Love, lay thine hand in mine.
Come forth, sweet stars, and comfort heaven's heart,
Glimmer, ye waves, 'round else unlighted sands;
O, night! Divorce our sun and sky apart---
Never our lips, our hands.
I Will Be Here
Steven Curtis Chapman
If in the morning when you wake, if the sun does not appear---
I will be here.
In in the dark we lose sight of love,
hold my hand and have no fear---
I will be here.
I will be here when you feel like being quiet,
When you need to speak your mind, I will listen.
Through the winning, losing, and trying, we'll be together,
and I will be here.
In in the morning when you wake, if the future is unclear,
I will be here.
As sure as seasons were made for change,
Our lifetimes were made for years,
I will be here.
I will be here and you can cry on my shoulder,
when the mirror tells us we're older.
I will hold you, to watch you grow in beauty,
and tell you all the things you are to me.
We'll be together and I will be here.
I will be true to the promises I've made,
to you and to the One who gave you to me.
I will be here.
All The Love
All the love that history knows
is said to be inside a rose,
And yet all that can be found in two
is less than what I feel for you.
The Confirmation
Yes, yours, my love, is the right human face,
I in my mind had waited for this long.
Seeing the false and searching the true,
then I found you as a traveller finds a place
of welcome suddenly amid the wrong
valleys and rocks and twisting roads.
but you, what shall I call you?
A fountain in a waste. A well of water in a country dry.
Or anything that's honest and good, an eye
that makes the whole world bright.
Your open heart, simple with giving, give the primal deed.
The first good world, the blossom, the blowing seed.
The hearth, the steadfast land, the wandering sea,
not beautiful or rare in every part
But like yourself, as they were meant to be.
Excerpt From "The Two Towers"
J.R.R. Tolkein
When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf and sap is on the bough,
When light is on the wildwood stream, and wind is on the brow,
When stride is long and breath is deep and keen the mountain
air,
Come back to me! Come back to me! And say my land is fair.
Ans.:
When Spring is come to garth and field and corn is in the blade,
When blossom like a shining show is on the orchard laid.
When shower and sun upon the Earth with fragrance fill the
air,
I'll linger here and will not come ---because my land is fair.
When Summer lies upon the world and in a noon of gold,
beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold,
When woodland halls are green and cool and Wind is in the
West,
Come back to me! Come back to me! And say my land is fair.
Ans.:
When summer warms the hanging fruit and burns the berry
brown,
When straw is gold and ear is white and harvest comes to town,
When honey spills and apple swells, the Wind be in the West,
I'll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land is best.
When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall
slay,
When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day,
When Wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain,
I'll look for thee and call to thee, I'll come to thee again!
Ans.:
When Winter comes and singing ends, when darkness falls at
last,
When broken is the barren bough, and light and labour past,
I'll look for thee, and wait for thee until we meet again.
Together we will take the road beneath the bitter rain.
Both:
Together we will take the road that leads into the West
And far away we'll find a land where both our hearts ma rest.
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To Be One With Each Other
George Eliot
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel
that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all
labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each
other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent
unspoken memories?
Marriage Needs
Marriage needs----
Love, Joy, Understanding, Friendship, Courage---and more.
In joining your lives may god grant you both---
Love---to afford each other a special quality of time together.
Joy---in the accomplishments of one another.
Understanding---that your interests and desires will not
always be the same.
Friendship---based on mutual trust,
Courage---to speak of a misunderstanding and to work on a
solution before the setting of the sun.
Compassion---to comfort each other in pain and sorrow.
Foresight---to realize rainbows follow rainy days.
Imagination---to keep with you part of the child you used to be.
Mirth---from your sense of humor.
Awareness---to live each day with the knowledge that there is
no promise of tomorrow.
MayGod bless you and keep you in the Palm of his hand.
The Bridge Across Forever
Richard Bach
A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and
keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the
locks, our truest selves step out, and we can be completely and
honestly who we are. We can be loved for who we are and not
for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the
other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that
one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is
someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of
direction. When we're two balloons and together our direction
is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is
the one who makes life come to life
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Apache Blessing # 2
May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night;
May the rains wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being.
May you walk gently through the world and know
its beauty all the days of your life.
Blessings For A Marriage
James Dillet Freeman
May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements
a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience,
tolerance and understanding.
May you always need one another---not so much to fill your
emptiness as to help you know your fullness.
A mountain needs a valley to be complete;
the valley does not make the mountain less but more;
and the valley is more a valley
because it has a mountain towering over it.
So let it be with you and you.
May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another,
and not fail in the little graces.
May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!"
amd take no notice of small faults.
If you have quarrels that push you apart,
may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take
the first step back.
May you enter into the Mystery which is the awareness of
one another's presence---
no more physical than spiritual,
warm and near when you are side by side
and warm and near when you are in separate rooms
or even distant cities.
May you have happiness, and may you find it making
one another happy.
May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.
Two Doves
Two doves meeting in the sky,
Two loves hand in hand, eye to eye;
Two parts of a loving whole, two hearts and a single soul.
Two stars shining big and bright,
Two fires bringing warmth and light
Two songs played in perfect tune,
Two flowers growing into bloom.
Two doves gliding in the air, two loves free without a care,
Two parts of a loving whole, two hearts and a single soul
Love Is----
Andrea Hill
More beautiful than roses, much deeper than the seas,
Stronger than a hurricane but timid like a breeze.
Real as in a picture but yet it can't be seen,
More beautiful than anything, as vivid as a dream.
Precious as rare jewels, a bond between two hearts,
A symphony of feelings when time is spent apart.
Sharing common interests, working through all fears,
Looking at yourself as if two were in the mirror.
Finding common ground on issues not agreed,
Giving into arguments, tending all your needs.
Being there for always is all I want to do,
Holding you forever, because our love is true.
You're The One For Me
Dallas Fisher
You're the one for me.
Your eyes are like fire on a cold winter's day;
Your soul burns within me.
Your touch blossoms my innermost passions,
and your voice melts my heart.
You're the one for me.
You are the key to unlocking my most sacred fantasies.
You're the one for me,
the one that wakens me when I'm at my deepest sleep,
with your passionate ways.
The one that rivets me with your beautiful, unique face.
You're the one for me.
You are the one that I want to share my life,
my love with for all eternity.
I will love you always and forever.
You're the one for me.
Because She Would Ask Me
Why I Love Her
Christopher Brennan
If questioning would make us wise,
no eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all tales were told in speech
no mouths would wander each to each.
Were spirits free from mortal mesh
and love not bound in hearts of flesh,
no aching breasts would yearn to meet
and find their ecstasy complete.
For who is there that lives and knows
the secret power by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
to thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?
Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why",
I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live,
and life in me is what you give.
Excerpt From: I Ching
When two people are at one in their inmost hearts
they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze
When two people understand each other in their inmost heats
their words are sweet and strong
like the fragrance of orchids.
This Day
May this day shine eternally in your lives;
May it add brilliance to every achievement
and cast a divine Light over any misfortune.
May you care for each other in all sadness;
May you give cheer to each other.
May you give vitality to each other in all undertakings;
May all that is virtuous, brautiful and honest
remain with you always.
The Promises Of Marriage
Marriage is a promise of companionship,
of having someone to share
all of life's experiences.
Marriage does not promise that there will
not be any rough times,
just the assurance that there will always be someone
who cares and who will help you
through to better times.
Marriage does not promise eternal romance,
just eternal love and commitment.
Marriage cannot prevent disappointments,
disillusionment, or grief.
But it can offer hope, acceptance, and comfort.
Marriage can't protect you from making individual choices
or shelter you from the world,
but it will help to reassure you
that there is someone by your side who truly cares.
When the world hurts you and makes you feel vulnerable,
Marriage offers the promise that there will be
someone waiting to listen, to console, to inspire.
Marriage is the joining of two people
who share the promise that only Marriage can make---
to share the sunshine and the shadows,
and to experience a richer, more fulfilling life
because of it.
She Walks In Beauty
Lord Byron
She walks in Beauty like the night
of cloudless climes and starry skies,
and all that's best of dark and bright
meet in her aspect and her eyes.
Thus mellow'd to that render light
which heaven to gaudy day denies---
One shade the more, one ray the less,
had half impair'd the nameless grace
which waves in every raven tress,
or softly lightens o'er her face,
where thoughts serenely sweet express
how pure, how dear their dwelling place
and on that cheek and o'er that brow,
so soft, so calm, so eloquent
the smiles that win, the tints that glow
but tell of days in goodness spent,
a mind at peace with all below,
a heart whose love is innocent!
A White Rose
J.B O'Reilly
The red rose whispers of passion
and the white rose breathes of love;
O! the red rose is a falcon
and the white rose is a dove;
But I send you a cream--white rosebud
with a flush on its petal tips---
for the love that is purest and sweetest
has a kiss of desire on its lips.
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