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

['Ofa Leka]

thank you solo where did you get that pome????hhhhhhhh

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:21 AM Verenaisi Nauci <vnauci at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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