17
OCT
2013
The Art of Marriage
A good marriage must be created. In the art of marriage the little things are the big things… It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say “I love you”, at least once each day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is having a mutual sense of values […]
17
OCT
2013
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?” And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when 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 […]
17
OCT
2013
Parents
Babylonian Talmud Ta’anit 5b-6a When Rabbi Nahman and Rabbi Isaac were about to part, Rabbi Nahman asked Rabbi Isaac to bless him. Rabbi Isaac replied:”Let me tell you a parable. To what may this be compared? To a man who was traveling in the desert. He was hungry, tired and thirsty, when suddenly he […]
17
OCT
2013
The Owl and The Pussy Cat
17
OCT
2013
Love by Roy Croft
I love you, Not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you. I love you, Not only for what you have made of yourself, But for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out; I love […]
17
OCT
2013
Kevin Hart poem
Today, I think that love is simply watching her peeling a mandarin (as though an entire life could depend on fingertips) I have not spared my eyes Since I became a man and yet I little thought that I would feel desire for fingers sprayed with juice Today I looked ahead and sitting opposite saw […]
17
OCT
2013
Glenn Colquhoun poem
To the girl who stood beside me at the checkout counter of Whitcoulls bookstore in Hamilton on Tuesday Glenn Colquhoun For ten seconds I fell in love with you. The first second we met. You were buying recipes. The second second we turned, Taking pieces of each other out of our eyes. […]
17
OCT
2013
Excerpt from the Bahai wedding tablet
The bond that unites hearts most perfectly is loyalty. True lovers once united must show forth the utmost faithfulness one to another. You must dedicate your knowledge, your talents, your fortunes, your titles, your bodies and your spirits to God, to Bahá’u’lláh and to each other. Allow no trace of jealousy to creep between […]
17
OCT
2013
Alternative trans for Sheva Brachot
We give thanks for life, for health, for all that sustains us, and for this joyous day. We honor the mystery and wonder in creation’s every breath We praise human being; its yearning for tomorrow’s wine and for the taste of this morning’s bread. We celebrate the divine energy that pours through our separate selves […]