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A new friend just introduced me to a new author\u00a0 -Oriah – who wrote this wonderful poemy essay – which I loved so much – I wanted to share it with all of you! Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n The Invitation by Oriah<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t interest me It doesn\u2019t interest me I want to know I want to know It doesn\u2019t interest me I want to know if you can see Beauty I want to know It doesn\u2019t interest me It doesn\u2019t interest me It doesn\u2019t interest me I want to know By Oriah \u00a9 Mountain Dreaming<\/p>\n Want more ideas and tips for living your happiest life? CHECK OUT my best selling book HOW TO BE HAPPY DAMMIT by clicking this line you’re reading right here, right NOW.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n If you enjoy my blog, I’d love it if you post it on FACEBOOK, twitter about it (I’m at @notsalmon), and\/or email it to a friend! HAPPY DAY, DAMMIT! <\/b> del.icio.us<\/span><\/a> · Slashdot<\/span><\/a> · Digg<\/span><\/a> · Facebook<\/span><\/a> · Technorati<\/span><\/a> · Google<\/span><\/a> · StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a> · Yahoo<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new friend just introduced me to a new author\u00a0 -Oriah – who wrote this wonderful poemy essay – which I loved so much – I wanted to share it with all of you! Enjoy! The Invitation by Oriah It doesn\u2019t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt doesn\u2019t interest me
\nwhat you do for a living.
\nI want to know
\nwhat you ache for
\nand if you dare to dream
\nof meeting your heart\u2019s longing.<\/p>\n
\nhow old you are.
\nI want to know
\nif you will risk
\nlooking like a fool
\nfor love
\nfor your dream
\nfor the adventure of being alive.<\/p>\n
\nwhat planets are
\nsquaring your moon…
\nI want to know
\nif you have touched
\nthe centre of your own sorrow
\nif you have been opened
\nby life\u2019s betrayals
\nor have become shrivelled and closed
\nfrom fear of further pain.<\/p>\n
\nif you can sit with pain
\nmine or your own
\nwithout moving to hide it
\nor fade it
\nor fix it.<\/p>\n
\nif you can be with joy
\nmine or your own
\nif you can dance with wildness
\nand let the ecstasy fill you
\nto the tips of your fingers and toes
\nwithout cautioning us
\nto be careful
\nto be realistic
\nto remember the limitations
\nof being human.<\/p>\n
\nif the story you are telling me
\nis true.
\nI want to know if you can
\ndisappoint another
\nto be true to yourself.
\nIf you can bear
\nthe accusation of betrayal
\nand not betray your own soul.
\nIf you can be faithless
\nand therefore trustworthy.<\/p>\n
\neven when it is not pretty
\nevery day.
\nAnd if you can source your own life
\nfrom its presence.<\/p>\n
\nif you can live with failure
\nyours and mine
\nand still stand at the edge of the lake
\nand shout to the silver of the full moon,
\n\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nto know where you live
\nor how much money you have.
\nI want to know if you can get up
\nafter the night of grief and despair
\nweary and bruised to the bone
\nand do what needs to be done
\nto feed the children.<\/p>\n
\nwho you know
\nor how you came to be here.
\nI want to know if you will stand
\nin the centre of the fire
\nwith me
\nand not shrink back.<\/p>\n
\nwhere or what or with whom
\nyou have studied.
\nI want to know
\nwhat sustains you
\nfrom the inside
\nwhen all else falls away.<\/p>\n
\nif you can be alone
\nwith yourself
\nand if you truly like
\nthe company you keep
\nin the empty moments.<\/p>\n
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