Zac Sky's blog: "Family"

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posted on 11/10/2006&nbs-08:00;@&nbs-08:00;10:11&nbs-08:00;am

The Invitation
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I came across this and it really does make you think...... (enjoy) It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dareto 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 touchedthe center of your sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals, or have becomeshriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine andyour own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with JOY, mineor your own: if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingersand toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, or to remember the limitations ofbeing human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappointanother to be true to yourself: if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray yourown soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if youcan see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from itspresence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours or mine, and still stand on the edgeof a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon. It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know ifyou can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do whatneeds to be done for the children. It doesn't interest me who you are, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will standin 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 whatsustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone withyourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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