(Name) and (name), you are wonderfully idealistic and determined to have a happy marriage. And all who are present here are standing in your corner, cheering you on. Truly you are fortunate to have such a loving family and such faithful friends, supporting you during these awesome moments when you make sacred and lifelong promises to each other. We will stand by you as you leave this place as well, because we want you to be happy tomorrow and tomorrow.

However, happiness is not something we find or just stumble upon. It is something which finds us when we create the conditions for it to happen.

An anonymous clergyman put it well: "The trouble is that young people think of marriage as the road to happiness. They expect automatically to alight on happiness as soon as they are married. They…