A beautiful qoute...

changeling

The Invitation 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 desire.

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 sorrow,
if you have been opened by life's betrayals,
or have become shriveled and closed for the fear of future pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain,
mine or your own,
without moving to hide it, 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 ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic,
or to remember the limitations of human beings.

It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.
I want to know if you disappoint another to be true to yourself,
if you can bear the accusations of betrayal and not betray your own soul.

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be 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 its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure,
yours or 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 a 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 who you are now 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 Your life is not a coincidence, it is a reflection of you.

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

momzcrazy

Thank you for sharing that.

momz

erynw

Very nice and well timed!

alt

changeling

eryn, that is the saddest little face I've ever seen!!!!

I hope you feel better soon.

((((((((((((((((eryn))))))))))))))

changeling

R.Crusoe

Went for a meal for the first time in maybe 18 months (with my youngest 18yr old daughter) a few days ago which had some beautiful furniture that had been crafted from driftwood. I wondered where those trees had grown and where they'd been - some had tenons of a ships deck - and where they'd been tossed, to still be here and find their use in places no one could ever have predicted when they cast their first roots and held out their shiny new leaves in a windswept world of long forgotten woodlands. We ate our meal which was excellent - old road through Horwich - can't recall the name - just the atmosphere which was nice and you sit in a lounge area full of sofas prior to ordering. I was glad I took her even though it was her idea and we hit upon this place by accident coz it had lingered in my mind from a fleeting glance way back. Rugged quality does linger in my mind and it proved it, though it's now blown away in seas of thoughts, it may get washed upon the shore someday in distant futures of fleeting memories of the few that were there on this insignificant evening.

Bumble Bee

Thank you for that, very thought provoking.

BB

blueviceroy

I think I'm up for everthing except the wild dancing . I don't remember how to dance anymore.

beksbks

I'm sure if conditions were right Blue, you could dance wildly.

sosad

that was tremendous - thank you for sharing

eclipse

That's the most beautiful and powerful definition of friendship I have ever read.

Thank you for sharing that beautiful sentiment with us

A beautiful qoute...

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