Traditional Apache Wedding Blessing
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be a shelter for
the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth
to the other. Now there will be no loneliness, for each of you will
be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there is
only one life before you. May beauty surround you both in the journey
ahead and through all the years; may happiness be your companion
and your days together be good and long upon the earth. Treat yourselves
and each other with respect, and remind yourselves often of what
brought you together. Give the highest priority to the tenderness,
gentleness and kindness that your connection deserves. When frustration,
difficulties and fear assail your relationship- as they threaten
all relationships at one time or another- remember to focus on what
is right between you, not only the part that seems wrong. In this
way, you can ride out the storms when clouds hide the face of the
sun in your lives - remembering that even if you lose sight of it
for a moment, the sun is still there. And if each of you takes responsibility
for the quality of your life together, it will be marked by abundance
and delight.
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