Some thoughts on Love and Truth

THE INVITATION

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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, 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 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.

                     So, I really like this poem.  Its everything I want to know about my best friend, life partner, lover etc. Life offers us many opportunities to love, even if we don’t have a specific person with which to share our life. I sometimes think, that I am not the kind of person that someone falls in love with, so I save my heart for the beauty that’s around me. Such as a walk on the beach while watching a summer sunrise, a book or a poem that speaks to my soul. Children, an animal of any variety, but in particular cats.

                     But what does every heart ache for? Love, peace, acceptance, answers? I think most of all every heart aches for understanding. Think about it, if when someone spoke, we could reach into their chest and feel what they feel we would all have a better understanding of one another. Its more simply called empathy, and sometimes just a little goes a long way.

                      In yoga I learned the importance of sitting through discomfort and accepting it without making an effort to fix it. It’s vital because that’s where the growth is. It teaches us to carry on even when things are difficult. So, if I am in an uncomfortable yoga pose and I rush to get out of it, my body never really gets the opportunity to adjust to the pose and stretch and grow. If I stay in the pose its uncomfortable but my body changes a little bit and a small amount of progress is made.  Slow progress is still progress.

                      There is growth in pain. There is growth in failure. Every time we make a mistake we learn. What we learn depends on the mistake but hopefully we ultimately grow in a positive direction.  Most importantly we have to be true to ourselves and our convictions. We must be able to face ourselves in the mirror and know that our decisions were honest and made with the best of intentions. Ultimately, people who have love and kindness in their heart are the people I want to spend my life around.

                      I think I will end right here for tonight. For the future I am working on a post about the Star of David. Hopefully I will have it together shortly.  I know I only have one or two followers but thank you for reading . I really appreciate it. I am really trying hard to express my beliefs and thoughts in a positive and caring manner. I am also still working on focusing my blog. Its getting there ..I think . Suggestions and comments are always welcome.