The Daily IN-Spire Archive
Daily messages of Hope, Happiness, Motivation and Empowerment
from Rev. Will Green
and others surfing the cutting edge of the Consciousness Revolution.
THE INVITATION
May 25, 2007
Today's poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer will touch your heart and thrill your soul..
It has propelled here to the forefront of the Internet Consciousness Community
(Google her for her other stuff), and established her as an incredible Presence in this New Era, .....The Consciousness Revolution.
Make no mistake about the Power of what is happening! Everywhere we look, from TV, movies The Secret, to Oprah, to everyday street conversation.......Change and Awakening is sweeping the globe. People are waking up everywhere. Right on time.
There were 4 revolutions in the history of human Earth...Agrarian, Industrial, Communication and Computer..... This last one will save the Planet and finally bring the human race into it's true place.
Enjoy!!
THE INVITATION
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 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 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're 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 faithless
And therefore be 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 a 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 for the children.
It doesn't 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 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