wedding reading - any ideas?... I'm stumped?

Question

I have been asked to do a reading in the chapel at my friends wedding. She doesn't want a bible reading and I have found some poems that I could read as a last resort if I can't find anything else - but I just thought I'd ask you lot to see if you had any ideas for me... I could write something I guess.. but I'm not very inspired at the moment... please help!

Thanks for all these great ideas... I'm goin gto take a bit of time to read them all properly and then I select a best answer. Thanks to everyone!
I have already given some of you a thumbs up!

Answer 1

"A good marriage must be created.
In 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 a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is having a mutual sense of values, and common objectives.
It is standing together and facing the world.
It is forming a circle that gathers in the whole family.
It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is not only marrying the right person -- it is being the right partner."

Answer 2

Pictures: Have all your friends that have digital cameras take pics of you all. That way they can post them or email/print you copies and make a scrap book. Drinks: there is nothing wrong with people bring their own bottle. To make it even better tell your friends that you and the hubby are wanting to stock your bar and have them bring over a small bottle of their favorite spirit or wine. Your girlfriends: You all can dress up and go out on the town, Have them all wear a certain color and you on a tiara or a crown that says Bride and have a girls night (and you can also include the groom and his buddies-make him wear a hat that says groom.) you said you like pool, go out and play pool. OR Call a the local game store that sales pool tables and see if you can rent them after hours for you and your friends to have your own private pool tourney/party celebration. Whew...I think those are all of the ideas that I have for now and I hope this helps...

Answer 3

Here are two different readings. They're from a book by Mercedes Lackey.

This bond, this joining, is not meant to be a fetter. A joining is a partnership, not two people becoming one. Two minds cannot fuse, two souls cannot merge, two hearts cannot keep to the same time. If two are foolish enough to try this, one must overwhelm the other, and that is not love, nor is it compassion, nor responsibility. You are two who choose to walk the same path, to bridge the differences between you with love. You must remember and respect those differences and learn to understand them, for they are part of what made you come to love in the first place. Love is patient, love is willing to compromise—love is willing to admit it is wrong. There will be hard times; you must face them as bound warriors do, side by side, not using the weapon of your knowledge to tear at each other. There will be sadness as well as joy, and must support one another through the grief and sorrow. There will be pain—but pain shared is pain halved, as joy shared is joy doubled, and you each must sacrifice your own comfort to share the pain of the other. And yet, you must do all this and manage to keep each other from wrong actions, for a joining means that you also pledge to help one another at all times. You must lead each other by example. Guide and be willing to be guided. Being joined does not mean that you accept what is truly wrong, being joined means that you must strive that you both remain in the light and the right. You must not pledge yourselves thinking that there will be no strife between you. That is fantasy, for you are two and not one, and there will inevitably come conflict that it will be up to you to resolve. You must not pledge yourselves thinking that all will be well from this moment on. That is a dream, and dreamers must eventually wake. You must come to this joining fully ready, fully committed, and fully respectful of each other.

Now you will no longer fear the storm, for you find shelter in each other.
Now the winter cannot harm you, for you warm each other with love.
Now when strength fails, you will be the wind to each other’s wings.
Now the darkness holds no danger, for you will be the light to each other’s path.
Now you will defy despair, for you will bring hope to each other’s heart.
Now there will be no more loneliness, for there will always be a hand reaching out to aid you when all seems darkest.
Where there were two paths, now there is one.
May your days together be long upon the earth, and each day blessed with joy in each other.

Answer 4

Here are some sites that should help. I would suggest to pick a few and let the bride and groom make the final decision.

http://www.todays-weddings.com/planning/readings.html

http://weddings.about.com/od/yourweddingceremony/a/ReadingsLibrary.htm

http://www.chicagomarriage.com/romantic_readings.htm

Answer 5

A sonnet or two from the Bard usually hits the spot!

Answer 6

can i just say i read the reading that 'willow' has posted is beautiful i read this at my sisters wedding and everyone cried including me. I think it is beautiful.

Answer 7

have a look at "desiderata" available on the internet. i think this is the most awesome collection of thoughts i've ever seen.

Answer 8

how about this one for luck...................its called............


A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

Answer 9

I found this link.

Answer 10

if you look on www.figstreetcom/guesthouse/simpleweddingceremony.htlml there should be a link to readings. It has several.