This week's ceremony reading might be a short one, but it's incredibly beautiful. It's an excerpt from the novel South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, a story of two childhood friends who reconnect in their 30s. Of course, you don't have to be an avid reader of the Japanese writer's work to appreciate a Haruki Murakami ceremony reading - the four gorgeous lines below are instantly moving.

Ceremony Reading: Excerpt from South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami:

Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I’m gazing at a distant star.
It’s dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.
Maybe the star doesn’t even exist any more. Yet sometimes that light seems more real to me than anything.

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