One

As we stand beside the ocean tide,
may our love always be as
constant and unchanging as these
never-ending waves that pour
beneath our feet, flowing endlessly
from the depths of the sea;
your love
came softly upon my heart,
just as the foam comes
softly upon the sand, and just as
there will never be a morning
without the ocean's flow,
so there will never be a day
without my love for you.
I pledge myself to you this day.
Our love will be as unchanging
and dependable as the tide; 
as these waters nourish the earth
and sustain life, may my constant
devotion nourish and sustain you
until the end of time.

Two

Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
for each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
May beauty surround you both in the journey ahead
and through all the years.
May happiness be your companion and your
days together be good and long upon the earth. 

Treat yourselves and each other with respect,
and remind yourselves often of what brought you
together. Give the highest priority to the
tenderness, gentleness and kindness that
your connection deserves.
When frustration, difficulties and fear assail your
relationship, as they threaten all relationships at one
time or another, remember to focus on what is right
between you, not only the part which seems wrong.
In this way, you can ride out the storms
when clouds hide the face of the sun in your lives --
remembering that even if you lose sight
of it for a moment, the sun is still there.
And if each of you takes responsibility for the quality
of your life together, it will be marked by
abundance and delight.

Three

I promise to give you the best of myself
and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realize that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own. 

I promise to share with you my time and my
attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination
to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you, 
to let you see through the window of my world
into my innermost fears and feelings,
secrets and dreams. 

I promise to grow along with you,
to be willing to face changes in order to keep our
relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside
in the only way I know how,
completely and forever.

Four

I take you as my partner, my friend and my love.
My hopes and dreams will now be intermingled
with yours. I will seek to balance my needs with
those of our community and family.
I will openly draw from our combined experience
and feelings in our search for truth and meaning.
I will strive for harmony through compromise
and understanding.

I will be forgiving, but not complacent.
From this day forward, I take shared responsibility
for our marriage, family, community and myself,
regardless of our successes or failures.

I promise to be faithful and true to you in mind,
body, and spirit; to cherish you and respect you;
and to be a source of comfort and encouragement,
free and bound by our love, as long as we shall live.

Five

We pledge to each other to be loving friends
and partners in marriage.  
To talk and to listen, to trust
and appreciate one another; to respect
and cherish each other's uniqueness; 
and to support, comfort
and strengthen each other through
life's joys and sorrows. 
We promise to share hopes,
thoughts and dreams as we
| build our lives together.   
May our lives be ever intertwined,
our love keeping us together.   
We will build a home that is compassionate
to all, full of respect and honor for others
and each other. 
May our home be forever filled with
peace, happiness and love.

Six

I love you. 
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.   
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you, and to comfort you in
times of sorrow and struggle. 
I promise to love you in good times and in
bad, when life seems easy and when it
seems hard,  when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.  
I promise to cherish you, and to always
hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.