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| Wedding Program | Celebrating
the Wedding of Given in the Buddhist Tradition Processional Bride & Groom Lead Group-Walk to the
Reception
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| Buddhist Precepts | The
Three Refuges
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| The Metta Sutta chant | This is what should be
accomplished by the one who is wise, who seeks the good and has obtained peace. Let one be strenuous, upright and sincere, without pride, easily contented
and joyous. May all beings be happy. All livings beings, whether weak or strong, in high or middle or low realms of existence, small or great, visible or invisible, near or far, born or to be born, may all beings be happy. Let no one deceive another, nor despise any being in any state; let none by anger or hatred wish harm to another. Even as a mother at the risk of her life watches over and protects her only child, so with a boundless mind should one cherish all living things, suffusing love over the entire world, above, below and all around without limit; so let one cultivate an infinite good will toward the whole world. Standing or walking, sitting or lying down, during all one's waking hours let one practice the way with gratitude. Not holding to fixed views, endowed with
insight, freed from sense appetites, one who achieves the way will be freed from the
duality of birth and death.
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| Well-wishing | Many
beautiful words were shared by a number of both our family and friends but we are still
waiting for them to send us the actual text from their speaches. If you are one of
the contributors from that day (or would like to add your sentiments here), please send your words to matt@galland.com.
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Matt, remember...
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| Groom's Father's Speech Richard Galland, Jr. |
My Dears... Tomorrow you embark upon the most perilous journey of modern life. I'd like to offer you a lesson about life and about loving that I have only just recently learned. It was summed up by one of my men friends who said, "I wish I could go back and thank all the women who have broken my heart over the years." Each broken heart is a gift, an opportunity to experience the world anew, to feel the joy and the pain of really connecting with another person. This is the pain of being truly alive, of weeping tears of sorrow and tears of joy. And so my wish for each of you is a broken heart, broken open to the other to feel each other's pain and the magic of each other's love. A heart that understands that the moment you are in is the only moment you have. Treasure each moment and each other. Fill your moments with passion. Insist on passion. A marriage, like a life, is defined by its passion. When you fight - for you will certainly fight - fight from you hearts. Be perfectly honest with yourself and with each other. Insist on intimacy. Let the 'wed' of wedlock be the wedding of your two hearts. And let the 'lock' of wedlock be the locking out of all others from your marriage. Break your own hearts open to each other and we shall celebrate your marriage for years and years to come!
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| Groom's Step-Father's Speech Corey Fischer |
Nakhes As Matt's step-father, I can't help but be aware of the many thick and delicate threads of relationship are being woven together by the union of Matt and Kelly. We have a word in Yiddish, nakhes, to denote the unique pleasure that comes to parents from witnessing their children's joy or triumph. To simply be in the orbit of the tremendous love and friendship that exists between Matt and Kelly gives me a lot of nakhes. I want to give you both some words from Rumi-a thirteenth century Islamic The way of love is not a subtle
argument. In marriage, you're leaping together into the unknown.There's no net and there's no bottom. But your commitment to fall together through beauty and boredom, through ecstasy and confusion, through anger and love-through every moment-will give you wings. They've already begun to grow.
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