Friday, February 03, 2006

Reading One: Pauline

My sister Pauline came forward to do the first reading in the ceremony. This is quite a popular reading - and very profound in many ways. So when we heard that Pink also used it in her recent wedding ceremony, we understood why. Here are the Prophet Kahlil Gibran's words, which Pauline read on the day:

Love one another, but make not a bond of that love. Let it rather be like a moving sea between the shores of your souls. And stand together, and yet not too near together. For even the pillars of the temple must stand apart. Remember that love gives nothing but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. And think not that you can direct the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, will direct your course.

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