be as you are....

My life...

…in the next few days…

Tonight…pick up Gregory, Tomorrow…family Christmas party, Sunday…drop Gregory off, sleep a little more, pack, SLEEPOVER SBA STYLE @ Del’s in NoVA, Monday…JOB INTERVIEW!!!!!  EEEEK!!!!  Good people, great things, FANTASTIC!!!

Job interview on Monday...

Woot woot!!!!  Cross your fingers for me that I get this jobby job!!!

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 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 close from fear of further pain!

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance

With wildness and let 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.

I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty, even if it’s not pretty every day.

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 moon “Yes!”

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 Danah Zohar, inspired by Oriah

Mountain Dreamer, Native American Elder, May 1994