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 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 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 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 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 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 grief and despair, weary and bruised
to the bone, and do what needs to be done.
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 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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Oriah Mountain Dreamer
