Jag har haft den i bloggen förut. I mitt allra första blogginlägg från januari 2006. Men den är värd att läsas igen. Och igen.
“The Invitation” av Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesnt 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 hearts longing.
It doesnt 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 adventures of being alive.
It doesnt 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 lifes 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,
If you can dance with wilderness 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 doesnt interest me if the story youre telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disapoint 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 Gods 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 doesnt 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
for the children.
It doesnt 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 doesnt 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.
