I wanted to share this because I loved it. It was hanging on the wall in the cabin I stayed in at Quantam Leaps in Golden. The words speak my heart.
The Invitation- Author unknown
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare 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 shivelled 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 exstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to be careful, or realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling is true,
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bare the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul
I want to know if you can be faithful 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 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 the lake and shout to the silver 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 to know 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 truly like the company you keep in the empty moments
The Invitation- Author unknown
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare 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 shivelled 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 exstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to be careful, or realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling is true,
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bare the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul
I want to know if you can be faithful 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 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 the lake and shout to the silver 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 to know 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 truly like the company you keep in the empty moments
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