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isabella_
9/18/2008 11:18 amLast Read: |
"..life is full of beauty and pain. The world will break your heart and heal it, over and over (if you let it) and letting it do both is the only way to live fully. We are not alone, but deeply connected to that which creates and sustains all life." 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 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, to 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's 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 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 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 The Invitation ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ |
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9/18/2008 11:42 am |
Yesssss!!!!  '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' - for dreams have no age  Nice post, isaa 
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9/18/2008 3:32 pm |
YD .... you're never to old to have a dream - or, to make them come true! I've always thought "the Invitation" to be a very poignant and thought provoking piece of writing. It really makes you take a good look at yourself from an inward perspective. ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/18/2008 5:37 pm |
Nice reminder to start off the day with. Thank you! Have a good one, Bella.
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9/18/2008 6:09 pm |
hey Red .. welcome back - it's nice to see you again! Have a blessed day ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/18/2008 9:53 pm |
Yes   Its time to lend a hand... to life. The greatest gift of GOD. 
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9/19/2008 1:17 am |
Intelligent Sweetst Angel.........ISA. BEAUITUFLLLLLLLLL AND TOUCHY AS USUAL BABE. WITH LOVE --------------- LOVE U HUNGRY 
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9/19/2008 2:04 am |
I can say yes to most of them but the third paragraph in blue is not easy. Very good post VASHALAN
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9/19/2008 2:23 pm |
Yes ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/19/2008 2:26 pm |
mucho thanks hungry ... you know me - always touchy! ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/19/2008 2:31 pm |
yup mrex ... i still struggle with the third one myself. It takes a very strong person to remain open and optimistic when their heart has been broken so many times. It takes an even stronger one to allow that vulnerable side of themselves to show through. Ask any one who knows me and they'll tell you I've got walls around my heart that no human being could ever climb. I've become the master of keeping people at a distance. ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/20/2008 6:31 am |
The hurt ones immediately knows when they see another hurting. Those who already are protected by walls are better equipped to reach out to the ones hurting. They understand. All the cold and harsh people are not like that in reality. It is their defense. VASHALAN
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9/20/2008 6:55 am |
that's the thing about Love mrex .. once you've experienced enough of it's darker side you learn to build up defenses. Mine were built with such precision that I've come to accept I will never see Love again in this lifetime - and so I write about it, and that's how I cope. The last time I let Love in it nearly killed me! I'm still not sure if I'm dead inside and just don't know it. ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/22/2008 11:39 am |
 O0O_000_O0O
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9/22/2008 2:31 pm |
ACIDDDDDDDD ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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9/26/2008 2:12 am |
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9/26/2008 8:08 am |
dhama ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~ ♥ ~~~~
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