"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 soul'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 shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!
I want to know if you can sit with pain,
mine and 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 the wildness and let the ecstasy fill you.
To the tips of your fingers and toes and without cautioning us
To be careful, or realistic or to remember the limitations of
being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story your 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 see beauty
even when it is not pretty everyday.
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 a lake and
Shout to the silver of the 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 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 who you have studied with...
I want to know what sustains you from the inside
when all else fails aways.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,
And if you truly like the company you keep in empty
"Moments"
"Nick"
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