~By Oriah Mountain Dreamer~
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache
for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like
a fool for love of your dream ~ for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you
have touched the center of your own sorrow ~ if you have been opened by life's
betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain ~ mine or your own ~
without moving to hide it, or fade it, or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy ~ mine or your own ~ if you can dance
with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes. without
cautioning us to remember the limitations of being human. Are you able to simply Be
with the joy?
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if
you can disappoint another to be True to yourself. If you can bare the accusation of
betrayal and not betray your own soul. Is it possible for you or anyone else to be
faithless and trustworthy at the same time? Tell me that truth?
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can
source your own life from Beauty's presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure ~ yours and mine ~ and
still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know
if you can get up after the night of grief and despair ~ weary and bruised to the bone,
and do what needs to be done ~ Doing what must be done in the framework of serenity, joy,
beauty, and peace.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will
stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know
what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company
you keep in the empty moments.
Come to know the answers to these questions. That is my Invitation to you.
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