Wanted to share this with you all - a bit long, but worth it!

Original post by lipglossjunky73

Apr 28, 2006 03:56 PM

THE INVITATION

It doesn’t interest me to know what you do for a living.

I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts 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 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’s not pretty, everyday, 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 on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, YES!!

I doesn’t interest me 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 center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me where 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 like the company you keep in the empty moments.

Vicky423 Posted: Apr 29, 2006 09:04 PM

Re: Wanted to share this with you all - a bit long, but worth it!

I really like it Liza, and I like the idea of giving it out instead of a program. I think that sometimes people forget why they are attending a wedding, it becomes about the party, and the fun. And while of course thats a big and important part of it all, they are also there to witness two people make a promise to join their lives, beliefs and so on and try to make it work, for themselves and for their children. I think that giving this even if you just give parts of it to your guest is a nice touch.

johnsae Posted: Apr 29, 2006 09:17 PM

Re: Wanted to share this with you all - a bit long, but worth it!

I like it, but it's a little too over the top for me. I lose interest after reading it for awhile...perhaps shortening it would do the trick? JMO.

scorps1027 Posted: Apr 29, 2006 10:58 PM

Re: Wanted to share this with you all - a bit long, but worth it!

i thought it was fantastic--very different and out of the norm--it held my attention just for that reason! and it was very deep..i think if it moves you & FH you should use it somewehre. i like your idea of how to use it!