Honoring Each Other

Two weddings in one day make us consider the species and its continuance. How uplifting to see the faith we put in renewal, in the young, especially.

At such events, children are the center attention, in the flesh or dreamed of. As it should be.

Such a tribal thing, our ceremonies -- friends and family of the bride on one side, friends and family of the groom on the other -- and how heartening to count beings dear to us on both.

Consider the pressures felt by those responsible, wanting everything to be perfect, hoping for a worthy beginning to a union of souls. So many thinking about what others are thinking, necessary for a functioning society.

I'm thinking, if any two were unconcerned with that, it would be the young man and young woman, unique in that both had once considered a life of celibacy in the service of their god, and now in the process of creating their own sphere, a center around which the universe will revolve, with faith in each other, knowing themselves to be good, and kind, and well-intended, a society of two. They honor each other in that way.

We have every reason to celebrate that, and to hold it holy.

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