Ooh - forgot to post the readings (think I may have posted one of them before... so apologies if I have)
First oneMaybe
'Maybe...We are supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift
Maybe...it is true that we don't know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives.
Maybe...the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Maybe...the best kind of love is the kind you can sit on a sofa together and never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had
Maybe...you shouldn't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
Maybe...you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.
Maybe... Love is not about finding the perfect person, it's about learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.'
Another one - not really a reading as such, but I think its sweet"What does love mean?"
There was once a contest to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year-old boy whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
The question "What does love mean?" was posed to a group of 4-8 year-olds.
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined, see what you think.
"When my grandmother got arthritis she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca aged 8.
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy aged 4.
"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Carl aged 5.
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri aged 4.
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby aged 7.
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle aged 7.
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man, who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy aged 6.
"Love is when mummy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine aged 5.
"Love is when mummy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris aged 7.
"I know my older sister loves me, because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren aged 4.
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen aged 7.