This wedding ceremony reading from Maya Angelou on love and liberation is such a gorgeous piece, we just knew we had to share it! Speaking on Oprah's Masterclass in 2014, Angelou captures the essence of love so beautifully, eloquently referencing how love can stretch across continents if required! Suitable for any style of secular ceremony, this piece is a touching reminder that marriage is not the end of freedom, rather it can be just the beginning!

Ceremony Reading: Maya Angelou On Love and Liberation

I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates.

Love liberates.

It doesn’t just hold - that’s ego.

Love liberates.

It doesn’t bind.

Love says, ‘I love you.

I love you if you’re in China.

I love you if you’re across town.

I love you if you’re in Harlem.

I love you.

I would like to be near you.

I’d like to have your arms around me.

I’d like to hear your voice in my ear.

But that’s not possible now, so I love you.

Go.'

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