Thoughts on the Royal Wedding and Maui Weddings

The media attention to and public fervor for the Royal Wedding betwixt  Prince William and Catherine Middleton was so enormous that it took over the internet and the airwaves for many days. What is it about the fascination of “royalty” and their weddings?

No doubt it is human nature to worship celebrity and look up to those with “status” and to consequently hunger for such attention in ones own life. Watching Kate arrive at the Abbey, thousands of adoring fans and listening to the swooning television commentators gushing platitudes (watch the BBC coverage of Kate’s arrival), I couldn’t help but feel that somehow the spectators have merely fallen in love with the mere IDEA of love, that somehow these two people — who last time I checked were flesh and blood like you and I — were the embodiment of a love we all yearn for, but never seem to reach.

And therein lies the problem to which I sense many of us have succumb: rather than be the love and give the love we wish to receive in kind, we look for it externally. From expecting it from our family and friends to craving it when we see it seemingly confirmed on the TV coverage of a royal wedding, we have forgotten that LOVE IS AN ACTION VERB for us as individuals to feel in our hearts and then give freely to our fellow human being.

I know, I know… I’ve lived on Maui for quite some time now. This place seems to encourage self-reflection and helps us contemplate what is important in life.

And it’s in this self-reflection that I believe Maui is such a fitting place for couples to get married. It is here that we slow down and let the societal pressures wash off and oftentimes what is left is a deeper understanding of what is truly important in life. When you find Maui weddings professionals who hold steadfast to this understanding of love — as opposed to those who phone it in — then I believe there is no better place in the world to make your commitment to the one you love. Professionals who “get it” from Maui wedding videographers to photographers and of course Maui wedding planners, will be able to capture your commitment to true love so that you may remind yourselves years down the line.

I am so grateful that I get to see wedding couples communicate to each other what is really important to them. Many times while looking through the camera lens and hearing words spoken through the wireless mics, I sense the deep connection and the commitment to love one another ACTIVELY and to GIVE THE LOVE freely. Yes sure, sometimes I witness couples who are more in love with the idea of love – as opposed to feeling and sharing love — but that just galvanizes my own understanding of what love really is and what it is not.

Swooning and glorifying a royal wedding, most certainly is NOT related to love.