Weddings Can Bring Blessings To Everyone Who Attends
My husband and I went to a wedding yesterday and it was incredible on so many levels. First of all, we hired an Uber to take us and to bring us home. I would never have considered this once because of the cost but as we travelled to the wedding, I began to doze off and then we came to some roadworks. I immediately felt a surge of gratitude at not having to worry about that, or about traffic, or about driving….then I suddenly realised how much tension all that usually carries in me and how I have never noticed it before! I began feeling the peace my body and mind were feeling and how fully present I felt because of it. It was delicious.
When we arrived, early because we did not want to be late and did not really have a sense of where exactly to go, we grabbed a drink (I had water and my husband had iced coffee) and sat to relax for 1/2 hour before it began. The weather turned ominous and the radar bleated out about the impending doom of potential gale-force-wind and hailstones approaching. I told my husband I was pretty sure that the bride is so blessed that there is no way it will rain on her parade today, she is such an angel.
Sure enough, while us and the other guests began crowding the entrance to the wet-weather option venue, we were informed that the wedding would still be outdoors, on the beach and to go on down there. Off we traipsed in our finery to the sodden sand to bear witness to these vows of love. None of us questioned their choice, we just showed up where they wanted us. Many of us had disabilities and challenges but we showed up anyway. That is the power of love for me - nothing gets in it’s way.
We watched as this beautiful, caring couple exchanged their vows and then we all fought the soggy sand uphill to head off for a while while they had their photo shoot. My husband and I walked up the road and had a drink together and relaxed while we waited. At the time specified, we headed back to the venue and waited for it to start. We were seated with lovely friends from our past which made it all the more special for us, and treated to a sumptuous, dietary-specific meal, which was another special treat for us too.
As the evening progressed, my husband asked me to dance and I was so surprised that I almost hesitated. I had dreamed for years of that moment and it never came so I had given up on it long ago and now here was my dream coming true - my husband was asking me to dance in public - it was so special and so sweet. I made a vow to myself long ago to not judge these things because I love my husband exactly as he is and I don’t want to control who he is in any way. Things like this unfold if and when it matters most and I am learning every day to trust that more and more. Yesterday was another correspondence for me of that which is a truth for me. We danced and united fully in the moment with complete awareness and gratitude for it - it was divine! Then a song came on that neither of us wanted to dance to and we sat down again, laughing, smiling, relaxed, and expressing our gratitude to each other for the dance we shared. That’s love for me, that’s joy, that’s bliss - full presence in unity.
We continued enjoying the event and the energy of love expanding all through the venue at this beautiful union. The families and friends so joyous in their celebration, so authentic and open to the divine essence of why we had come together. It was a truly special gathering of beautiful souls that I will treasure forever. This was a group who have individually carried great pain in great ways and have now come together to create something quite amazing through their hearts for this couple they obviously love so much and regard so highly. It was a blessing to be a part of that.
As I sat enjoying it all towards the end of the evening, I heard a familiar tune and my heart leapt. I have been rebuilding my body through working out in water father past many years and it has been a labour of love that has been a lot of steps forward and back. Lately, I have listened to the urgings of my Inner Child and been dancing to Nutbush City Limits by Tina Turner. The change in my body has been incredible and this was the tune I heard last night so I grabbed my friend and off went to the dance floor.
Not only was it lovely to have the experience of feeling capable to move my body this way, it was lovely to dance on land! It was lovely to feel the body memories that came with it and see the old joys from adolescence and adulthood that were born out of dancing to that song. I was stunned that after almost being unable to stand at 4pm (and every day for the past ten years), I was suddenly able to jump up in excitement and dance with abandon and joy. I was able to dance, yes, I was also able to keep up with the crowd dancing with me. I lost my footing a couple of times, but I stayed standing and kept going anyway. I never dreamed this was possible and certainly not this week!
After the song, I bounced back to my seat and felt the ease I was now experiencing as I walked. My body had let go of so much through all this and I sat down, went within, and thanked every cell of my being for the joy it had brought, for the perseverance it has shown for it’s patience with me, and for the joy it has brought to me. I came home last night and slept all through the night without waking - another thing that has rarely happened in the past decade too. I woke up thanking my friends, their family and friends, my body, my Guru, my husband, my angels, my Inner Child, my Self, and my God for the miraculous and so appreciated blessings I have received through simply attending a union of love with love in my own heart and mind while I was there. I feel blessed
The place card at my seat - the bride and groom put so much love into their wedding to ensure everyone felt welcomed and loved, and it was evident-for all of us.