The invitation

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer - et dikt jeg fikk av en god venn, som jeg har lyst til å dele her!

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 hearts 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 shriveled and closed from fear or further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with the 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, be realistic, or 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 dissappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accustation of betrayal and not betray your own soul

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefor 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 it`s presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, your or mine, and still stand on the edge of a 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 despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the childres.

It doesn`t interest me who you are 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.