The invitation/by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

[icecream]

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 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 centre of your own sorrow

if you have been opened by life’s betrayals

or have become shrivelled 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 is 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 at 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 centre 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.

by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

-이미 읽으신 분들 많겠지만 저는 최근에 읽었어요^^ 캐나다 여류시인의 작품인데 인터넷에서 유명했다고 하더군요..

까페에 이미 있는 시라면 말씀해 주세요. 바로 삭제할께요! 제가 아직 가입한지 얼마안되서 확인도 못해보고 올립니다..^^;

[icecream]

좋은 말씀 감사합니다^^

[놀란토끼눈]

진정한 내면의 자기를 알고 만나고 사랑하기를 말하고 있는 것 같습니다. 올 가을 엔 저는 저랑 친해 지기로 결심했거든요. 이 시가 많이 도움이 될것 같습니다. 나 자신을 삶의 모든 순간 순간 초대하기 가끔 저를 잊고 있을 때가 너무많습니다. 아픈데 뭘 아파하는지 슬픈데 뭘 슬퍼하는지 올 가을엔 혼자있는 제 어깨에 제가 가만히 머리기대고 나의 이야기를 들어 보고 싶습니다. 좋은시 고맙습니다. 그리고 함께가는 길동무로 환영하고요.

[icecream]

제가 아직 영어도 부족하고 모르는게 많습니다. 많이 가르쳐주세요~^^ 저도 이번 가을엔 저 자신을 더 돌아보고 진정 내가 원하는 것은 무엇인지 어떤것이 행복한 삶인지 생각해 보려고 합니다... 15:45

[놀란토끼눈]

제가 올린 글에다 댓글 달아 주신 것 고맙습니다. 저도 많이 부족한데 카페에서 많이 배우고 있습니다. 사람들이 살고 있는 향기가 나는 진짜 마을이라고 저는 여기고있습니다. icecream님 참 좋은 동무일거라는 마음이 전해 지네요. 가을이 토닥토닥 걸어가는 소리가 들리는 듯합니다. 어쩐지 이번 가을은 참 느낌이 좋습니다.

[은물결]

icecream님, 반갑습니다. 카페에서 자주 뵐 수 있기를 바랍니다. I think each one of us has a story to tell and that one story, I am always very interested in listening to. There is the uniqueness of it and it has the depth and ultimately we reach the common ground with it.