The other night I was enjoying a powerwalk around my neighborhood, it was later at night, around 9:30 pm, when it had finally cooled off a bit. Nobody else was out; very few cars drove by.
As I walked past a grassy meridian, I noticed a strange eerie glow; it was startling and I wondered what it was. Then I realized, it was coming from a cell phone: a man walking his dog was looking down at his cell phone. It was such a strange sight in the otherwise dark area.
It really struck me, and not in a good way: I wanted to run over and yell, “WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WALKED YOUR DOG WITHOUT BRINGING YOUR PHONE!??”
In all fairness, maybe he walks the dog all the time without the phone and this was a rarity; but that was my reaction.
It made me consider again that more and more we are too easily distracted and less focused on making each moment count. When I had that reaction on my walk, it brought home to me why I love officiating weddings:
It is an opportunity for two people to deeply feel a significant, poignant moment; perhaps something they didn’t think possible.
Photo by Philip DeFalco Photography
Because a ceremony allows for that to happen, because otherwise we rarely make time for such a moment, and I love to guide them to that space.
During a wedding ceremony I can see the couple experiencing profound feelings, perhaps that they didn’t realize they would. It is such a gift and privilege to make that a possibility.
Before every ceremony I say a prayer for the couple, that they will have a moment of aha, of connectedness, however brief, however it may come about for them.
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