[Pdf-women] [Pacificcbidnetwork] [PDFlist] The Invitation - Poem

[Simon Dolaiano]

oh amazing poem.

thank you for sharing

On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 08:30, Mere Roden <employers.idea at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Solo.
>
> Just love that Poem.
> Made my day.
>
> Blessed afternoon
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 3:55 PM Soloveni Vitoso <
> infor at pacificdisability.org> wrote:
>
>> The Invitation - Poem
>>
>> *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
>> for your dream
>> for the adventure of being alive.
>>
>> It doesnt interest me
>> what planets are
>> squaring your moon...
>> I want to know
>> if you have touched
>> the centre of your own sorrow
>> if you have been opened
>> by life's betrayals
>> or have become shrivelled 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 be careful
>> to be realistic
>> to remember the limitations
>> of being human.
>>
>> 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 bear
>> the accusation of betrayal
>> and not betray your own soul.
>> If you can be faithless
>> and therefore trustworthy.
>>
>> 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 its presence.
>>
>> I want to know
>> if you can live with failure
>> yours and mine
>> and still stand at 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
>> to feed the children.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-invitation-by-oriah-mountain-dreamer
>>
>> http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/
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