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 dream

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

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.

If you can be faithless

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 own life

from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with

failure,

yours or mine,

and still stand on the edge of the 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

to feed the children.



It doesn’t interest me who you know

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.



-Oriah Mountain Dreamer

~~~~~

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2the9s said:

2the9s said:

You hold a very strong point there David.

Then again, are you afraid to show your sensitive side. ~Smile.

Pooky said:

Freespirit said:

It all sounds a bit nosey to me.

All of the above and more