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 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 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, be realistic, or to remember
the limitations of being
human.
It doesn't interest me if the story
you're 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 every day, and if you
can source your life from God's presence.
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
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 for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are,
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.
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