I have the delight of officiating at a wedding this weekend.  It is such a joy to bless the committed love of a couple in the witnessing presence of their family and friends.  It is a risk they take too, in this culture, to say “forever, and sometimes it is like watching crazed gamblers throw all their money on their gut-wrenching intuition.

I’ve done a number of weddings.  Some persist and some didn’t last long at all.  I don’t give out any guarantees, as i am just a witness and do the blessing to call it good.  It is not easy to keep a companionship going when we all grow so fast, differently and vigorously search for more of our good in our own ways.

But watching the love–no matter if it looks like their child already brewing or running around, their parents presence from the other side, or pomp and circumstance with champagne, lace and laughter.  Seeing families set aside their differences so multiple sets of parents sit in the same room to wish a young couple luck.  I relish this positive energy.

May we all be blessed with loving kindness coming together to make more and more.