Readings for the Wedding Ceremony: The Key to Love
Our blog is mostly about relationships and about making your marriage (or your partnership) fabulous. We often talk about all that goes beyond the Wedding Day, but we actually love weddings! They can be romantic and sentimental, they may be steeped in tradition and ritual, or they might be wild and modern. It can be tricky to find just the right readings to fit the mood of the day and to fit the personality of the couple. In a previous post, we talked about how we came up with the readings for our wedding, but we have recently been asked several times for more suggestions on interesting poetry or passages that might be included as part of a ceremony. Through canvasing our interesting and varied social circle we have come up with several ideas and we will post (and link) them in what most likely will be several blog entries.
The first is called "The Key to Love" and it came from my recently married friend Rachel in the UK. I haven't found out who the author is, but if anyone knows please let us know as we'd be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
The Key to Love
The key to love is understanding…
The ability to comprehend not only the spoken word
But those unspoken gestures,
The little things that say so much by themselves.
The key to love is forgiveness…
To accept each others faults and pardon mistakes
Without forgetting, but with remembering
What you learn from them.
The key to love is sharing…
Facing your good fortune as well as the bad, together.
Both conquering problems, forever searching for ways
To intensify your happiness
The key to love is giving…
Without thought of return,
But with the hope of just a simple smile
And by giving in but never giving up.
The key to love is respect…
Realising that you are two separate people, with different ideas.
That you don’t belong to each other,
You belong with each other, and share a mutual bond.
The key to love is inside us all…
It takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients.
It is the continual learning process that demands a lot of work….
But the rewards are more than worth the effort…
And that is the key to love!
The key to love is understanding…
The ability to comprehend not only the spoken word
But those unspoken gestures,
The little things that say so much by themselves.
The key to love is forgiveness…
To accept each others faults and pardon mistakes
Without forgetting, but with remembering
What you learn from them.
The key to love is sharing…
Facing your good fortune as well as the bad, together.
Both conquering problems, forever searching for ways
To intensify your happiness
The key to love is giving…
Without thought of return,
But with the hope of just a simple smile
And by giving in but never giving up.
The key to love is respect…
Realising that you are two separate people, with different ideas.
That you don’t belong to each other,
You belong with each other, and share a mutual bond.
The key to love is inside us all…
It takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients.
It is the continual learning process that demands a lot of work….
But the rewards are more than worth the effort…
And that is the key to love!
Happy Couples Happy Planet!
posted by Heather and Dan @ 2:35 PM
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