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

[Verenaisi Nauci]

beautiful!!!!!

Thank you


On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:12 PM Simon Dolaiano <4dolaiano at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
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