The Invitation

[Guest guest]

The Invitation

 

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,

For your dreams, 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 or further pain!

 

I want to know if you can sit with

pain, 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 be careful,

Be realistic, or to remember the

limitations of being human.

 

It doesn't interest me if the story

you're telling me is true.

 

I want to know if you can disappoint

another to be true to yourself.

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal

and not betray your own soul.

 

I want to know if you can

see beauty

Even when it is not pretty

every day,

And if you can source your life

from God's presence.

 

I want to know if you can live with

failure, yours and mine,

And still stand on the edge of a 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 for the children.

 

It doesn't interest me who you are,

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.

 

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer Indian Elder

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Although this isn't KY specific, and normally I do not even read alot of

these "sayings" that come via email, I wish to say thank you for this

beautiful quote from this Indian Elder. It reflects how I feel and see.

Tina.

 

-

Dharam Singh <dharam

<Kundaliniyoga>

Saturday, August 25, 2001 2:15 AM

The Invitation

 

 

> The

Invitation

>

> 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,

> For your dreams, 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 or further pain!

>

> I want to know if you can sit

with pain, 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 be careful,

> Be realistic, or to remember

the limitations of being human.

>

> It doesn't interest me if the

story you're telling me is true.

>

> I want to know if you can

disappoint another to be true to yourself.

> If you can bear the accusation of

betrayal and not betray your own soul.

>

> I want to know if

you can see beauty

> Even when it is not

pretty every day,

> And if you can source your

life from God's presence.

>

> I want to know if you can live

with failure, yours and mine,

> And still stand on the edge of a 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 for the children.

>

> It doesn't interest me who you

are, 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.

>

>

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer Indian Elder

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