[PDFlist] The Invitation - Poem

[Mere Roden]

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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