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Oriah Mountain Dreamer Indian Elder |
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 are 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 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 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 muchmoney 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 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.
a special
thank you to Lady Fire N Ice