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Love
Poems Readings and Quotations |
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We hope you enjoy reading our collection of readings,
since they have no religious content or meaning, they are
suitable for both civil and religious services. Please note,
you must obtain the prior approval of your registrar or church
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"Pooh, promise you won't forget about me, ever. Not even
when I'm a hundred."
Pooh thought for a little.
"How old shall I be then?"
"Ninety-nine." Pooh nodded.
"I promise," he said.
Still with his eyes on the world, Christopher Robin put out
a hand and felt for Pooh's paw.
"Pooh," said Christopher Robin earnestly, "if
I - if I'm not quite" he stopped and tried again "Pooh,
whatever happens, you will understand, won't you?
"Understand what?"
"Oh, nothing." He laughed and jumped to his feet.
"Come on!"
"Where?" said Pooh.
"Anywhere," said Christopher Robin.
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Wherever
I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
Whatever I do, he wants to do,
"Where are you going today?" says Pooh...
"Well, that's very odd 'cos I was too.
"Let's go together," says Pooh, says he.
"Let's go together," says Pooh.
"What's
twice eleven?" I said to Pooh,
"Twice what?" said Pooh to Me.
"I think it ought to be twenty two."
"Just what I think myself," said Pooh.
"It wasn't an easy sum to do,
But that's what it is," said Pooh, said he.
"That's what it is," said Pooh.
"Let's
look for dragons," I said to Pooh.
"Yes, let's," said Pooh to Me.
We crossed the river and found a few...
"Yes, those are dragons all right," said Pooh.
"As soon as I saw their beaks I knew.
That's what they are," said Pooh, said he.
"That's what they are," said Pooh.
"Let's
frighten the dragons," I said to Pooh.
"That's right," said Pooh to Me.
"I'm not afraid," I said to Pooh,
And I held his paw and I shouted "Shoo!
Silly old dragons!"... and off they flew.
"I wasn't afraid," said Pooh, said he,
"I'm never afraid with you."
So
wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said... "True,
It isn't much fun for One, but Two
Can stick together," says Pooh, says he.
"That's how it is," says Pooh.
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Sooner or
later we begin to understand that love is more than verses on
valentines and romance in the movies. We begin to know that
love is here and now, real and true, the most important thing
in our lives. For love is the creator of our favourite memories
and the foundation of our fondest dreams. Love is a promise
that is always kept, a fortune that can never be spent, a seed
that can flourish in even the most unlikely of places. And this
radiance that never fades, this mysterious and magical joy,
is the greatest treasure of all - one known only by those who
love.
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If
you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If
you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If
you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: "hold on";
If
you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a man my son!
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Our family
is a circle of love and strength.
With every birth and every union, the circle grows.
Every joy shared adds more love.
Every obstacle faced together makes the circle stronger.
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Love
is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself
it makes that is heavy light; and it bears evenly all that is
uneven.
It carries a burden which is no burden; it will not be kept
back by anything low and mean; it desires to be free from all
wordly affections, and not to be entangled by any outward prosperity,
or by any adversity subdued.
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what
is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility. It
is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes
many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who
does not love would faint and lie down.
Though weary, it is not tired; though pressed it is not straitened;
though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame
it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.
Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent
and manly.
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