This was posted to the Cancer-L list. It lifted me up. I hope you'll enjoy
it, and that you're well.
Betsy
Mountain Dreamer Speaks
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,
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 be trustworthy. I want to know if you can see
beauty
even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life on the
edge
of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon.
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, Indian Elder)
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