It doesn't interest me...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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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 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 closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide 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 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 bear the accusations 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 the beauty even when it’s not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from ITS 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 sliver of the 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 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 are, 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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I don’t recall being smug in years. I’ve forgotten what it’s like.
Ok for you though.:slight_smile:

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Are you trying to sell us on Landmark?

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Okay, so were you being inspirational, or just letting another speak for you? If you’re genuinely curious, I’d be happy to tell you what you want to know. But you probably don’t want to know…

FWIW, thank you. That was very nice.

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But doesn’t that tell you precisely who someone is? Isn’t the whole OP asking who you really are? What you really are? Isn’t how someone came to be where they are today naturally, inextractably, part of who they are as a person?

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Fearless Heart
(Steve Earle)

Don’t you worry bout what you’ve been told
Cause honey I ain’t even close to cold
It’s kinda soon to fall in love again
But sometimes the best that you can do is just jump back in
I got me a fearless heart
Strong enough to get you through the scary part
It’s been broken many times before
A fearless heart just comes back for more
Folks’ll tell you that I’m just no good
But I wouldn’t hurt you honey if I could
I can’t promise this’ll work out right
But it would kill me darlin’ if we didn’t even try
I admit I fall in love a lot
But I nearly always give it my best shot
I know you must think I’m the reckless kind
But I want a lady with a fearless heart just like mine

…This is what comes to my mind, wish I could link to the beautiful cascading guitar break.

Thanks smug, a right beautiful quote.