The Invitation

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 24 Jun 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

wetsheep1	24 Jun 2002
The Invitation - Oriah Mountaindreamer 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 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 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 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.

Pollux	25 Jun 2002
............WOW!!! But now I wonder.. is it a song? Who is Orian Mountaindreamer? Is this a Wiccan name?

lunalafey	25 Jun 2002
...indeed. :TMOON

Maan	25 Jun 2002
Thank you so much for posting this :* Love and light Maan

Kaz	25 Jun 2002
thanks, this is beautiful.... kaz

Cillygirl14	25 Jun 2002
This is amazing! *hugs* ... but who is Oriah Mountaindreamer?

AutumnMoonfire	25 Jun 2002
A very nice poem!

Rhiannon	25 Jun 2002
Very nice. I especially like the last few lines. Are you the writer? Rhiannon :)

wetsheep1	25 Jun 2002
I can only wish(!!) I was the author, lol! I'm not that noble -- at least, not yet (and that's a big yet at this point). But a friend of mine posted this in another forum and I thought it was so cool I had to share it. This is who I'd like to be someday. It's an ideal :) Someday, *sigh*.... I've just gotta keep coming back. But I'm really glad you all liked it :) That's what it's for :) Pax, -- k

Butterfly	25 Jun 2002
I have one of her books (The Dance), which I admit I have yet to read. She is a beautiful poet and writer on self development, who's message is to accept ourselves for what we are, instead of trying to change ourselves.

wetsheep1	26 Jun 2002
Yeah, Butterfly, I have to admit...just this sample makes me want to explore her poetry more in-depth. She has some neat things to say :) Be well, -- k

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