MOUNTAIN DREAMER SPEAKS
: 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 you 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 you 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 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. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be
trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday,
and if you can source your life on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full
moon.
: 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 a 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 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.
: Oriah, Mountain Dreamer, Indian Elder
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