tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53360267496941502392011-10-11T22:21:53.587-06:00Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02721819507247430102noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5336026749694150239.post-49758997234624734162010-03-07T20:36:00.002-07:002010-03-09T23:54:25.066-07:00Every thought unattended<br />drifts in your wind<br />Every feeling unplanted<br />roots in your ground<br />Every I lost<br />is you found<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5336026749694150239-4975899723462473416?l=foursidestoeverystory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02721819507247430102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5336026749694150239.post-3670310831759940502009-04-15T12:42:00.000-06:002009-04-15T12:44:17.408-06:00Oriah Mountain Dreamer<br />Indian Elder<br />May 1994<br /><br /><br />It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.<br />I want to know what you ache for,<br />and if you dare to dream<br />of meeting your heart's longing.<br /><br />It doesn't interest me how old you are.<br />I want to know if you will risk looking<br />like a fool for love, for your dreams,<br />for the adventure of being alive.<br /><br />It doesn't interest me<br />what planets are squaring your moon.<br />I want to know if you have touched<br />the center of your sorrow,<br />if you have been opened by life's betrayals,<br />or have become shriveled<br />and closed for fear of further pain.<br /><br />I want to know if you can sit with pain,<br />mine or your own,<br />without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.<br />I want to know if you can be with JOY,<br />mine or your own,<br />if you can dance with wildness<br />and let the ecstasy fill you<br />to the tips of your fingers and toes<br />without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic,<br />or to remember the limitations<br />of being human.<br /><br />It doesn't interest me<br />if the story you're telling me is true.<br />I want to know if you can disappoint another<br />to be true to yourself,<br />if you can bear the accusation<br />and not betray your own soul.<br /><br />I want to know if you can be faithful,<br />and therefore be trustworthy.<br />I want to know if you can see beauty<br />even when it is not pretty every day,<br />and if you can source your life<br />from its presence.<br />I want to know if you can live with failure,<br />yours or mine,<br />and still stand on the edge of the lake,<br />and shout to the silver of the full moon, "YES."<br /><br />It doesn't interest me to know where you live<br />or how much money you have.<br />I want to know if you can get up<br />after a night of grief and despair,<br />weary and bruised to the bone,<br />and do what needs to be done for the children.<br />it doesn't interest me who you are<br />or how you came to be here.<br />I want to know if you will stand<br />in the center of the fire with me<br />and not shrink back.<br /><br />It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom<br />you have studied.<br />I want to know what sustains you from inside<br />when all else falls away.<br />I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,<br />and if you truly like the company you keep<br />in the empty moments.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5336026749694150239-367031083175994050?l=foursidestoeverystory.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02721819507247430102noreply@blogger.com1