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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
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 and
mine
and still
stand at 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
INT Directory
Resources
Historical Nature of Democracy
Practical Sphere of Spiritual Life