Blessings and Readings
Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you,May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rains fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet again,May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
May God be with you and bless you;May you see your children's children.May you be poor in misfortune,Rich in blessings,May you know nothing but happinessFrom this day forward.
May the road rise to meet youMay the wind be always at your backMay the warm rays of sun fall upon your homeAnd may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on,May blue be the skies above you,May pure be the joys that surround you,May true be the hearts that love you.
The Prophet by Kahil Gibran
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.To know the pain of too much tenderness.To be wounded by your own understanding of love;And to bleed willingly and joyfully.To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;To return home at eventide with gratitude;And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.
I Ching
When two people are at onein their inmost hearts,they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze.And when two people understand each otherin their inmost hearts,their words are sweet and strong,like the fragrance of orchids.
Fidelity by D.H. Lawrence
Man and woman are like the earth, that brings forth flowersin summer, and love, but underneath is rock.Older than flowers, older than ferns, older than foraminiferae,older than plasm altogether is the soul underneath.And when, throughout all the wild chaos of loveslowly a gem forms, in the ancient, once-more-molten rocksof two human hearts, two ancient rocks,a man's heart and a woman's,that is the crystal of peace, the slow hard jewel of trust,the sapphire of fidelity.The gem of mutual peace emerging from the wild chaos of love.
May the road rise to meet you,May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rains fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet again,May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
May God be with you and bless you;May you see your children's children.May you be poor in misfortune,Rich in blessings,May you know nothing but happinessFrom this day forward.
May the road rise to meet youMay the wind be always at your backMay the warm rays of sun fall upon your homeAnd may the hand of a friend always be near.
May green be the grass you walk on,May blue be the skies above you,May pure be the joys that surround you,May true be the hearts that love you.
The Prophet by Kahil Gibran
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.To know the pain of too much tenderness.To be wounded by your own understanding of love;And to bleed willingly and joyfully.To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;To return home at eventide with gratitude;And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.
I Ching
When two people are at onein their inmost hearts,they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze.And when two people understand each otherin their inmost hearts,their words are sweet and strong,like the fragrance of orchids.
Fidelity by D.H. Lawrence
Man and woman are like the earth, that brings forth flowersin summer, and love, but underneath is rock.Older than flowers, older than ferns, older than foraminiferae,older than plasm altogether is the soul underneath.And when, throughout all the wild chaos of loveslowly a gem forms, in the ancient, once-more-molten rocksof two human hearts, two ancient rocks,a man's heart and a woman's,that is the crystal of peace, the slow hard jewel of trust,the sapphire of fidelity.The gem of mutual peace emerging from the wild chaos of love.
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