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~The Ojibwa Story~ Beautiful wedding.. Many couples come to Red Rock Crossing Park in Sedona to get married under the magnificence of Cathedral Rock. Of cause, if you look at the middle of the rock there are two fingers sticking up, which looks like a couple standing back to back. To their left is a tall rock that looks as if a head is on top representing the person overseeing the ceremony. The tall rocks on each side represent the rocks in our life - family, friends, spirituality, etc. ..

I shared this sacred setting on a vortex tour with a couple who were of Ojibwa Indian origin. They told me that the Ojibwa get married back to back. Each person has in front of them a portion of the circle which is their energy and beliefs. If you were to stand face to face you could not see behind the other person nor could they see behind you. As you stand back to back and trust the other person's view on life you then form a complete circle from which you both can see the entire picture of life. Of cause, they went on to say that we attract people into our lives that have a piece of the puzzle we don't yet understand. Only if we can trust them enough to allow their learning into our life then we will be one step closer to wholeness. This story shows the importance of honoring the masculine/feminine duality within you as a key component of healthy living. Once you can integrate this, relationships become less about a power struggle for energy than they do a loving, mutual sharing of each other. How was it for you!? Tell us below.

Hello! My first kiss... forever! Well, okay this wasn't technically my first kiss, but I think a first kiss shouldn't be technical. Of cause, i think it should be labeled with the one you truly love. That's why this story is about love's first kiss (like in Snow White). I won't go into details because that would take all night, but I'll just say that it was at the most perfect spot ever. It was at the park by my house, under my favorite pepper tree near a rock creek. But that had been my favorite place to go to so I took him there when he came over. So we had been going out for a month or so and we had gone to Disneyland a couple weeks before.

There, we had made wishes at Snow White's Grotto in the Wishing Well. Now, at the park, he was insistent on me telling him my wish since he had already told me his (which later turned out to be the same as mine). So it took me 44 minutes to tell him. Oh..So this is his first kiss, not mine but I was never as nervous about a kiss as I was right then. My lips were shaking...literally (they do that when I get nervous). THEN he told me that no matter what my wish was, (because I told him I was afraid of his potential reaction to it) he would always love me.

That was the first time he told me that he loved me and I have never felt the way I felt at that moment. Guys had told me they loved me, but never have I felt this feeling that I had. So I told him my wish (that he would kiss me) and so he did. For example...It was simple (just a regular kiss) but amazing. And I am officially counting this as my first kiss because it was Love's First Kiss. And I have never truly felt this way about anyone before so I'm going to say it now. I love him. I know I love him. I'm not sure if he knows but I'm going to tell him on Thursday when we go to Disneyland. God has brought him into my life and I am extremely grateful to Him for it. So for those of us who had terrible "official" first kisses, just know that you don't have to count those. Love's First Kiss complete overrides anything in that category. - Dani, 18, Izevsk Please write comment on my story!