Occasionally I will present a piece of poetry or writing which has meaning for me and which I hope will somehow touch the reader also. This writing —The Invitation— is 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 heartĚs 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 centre of your own sorrow,
if you have been opened by lifeĚs 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, be realistic,
or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the
story you’re 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.
I want to know if you can be faithful
and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when itĚs 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 and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes!”
It doesn’t interest me 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, how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the Centre 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
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Barnet, London, UK
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e-mail : helena@integralhealing.co.uk