Dream.
~Va~
~Getting to what feels right often comes from things going wrong~
Believe it.
This would be a dream for me!
(Source: bookshelfporn, via i-need-thee-every-hour)
The Invitation
The Invitation Oriah Mountain Dreamer Canadian Teacher and Author
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 shrivelledand 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 fillyou to thetipsof your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful 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 is not pretty every day. 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 theedge of the 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 a 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 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.
© 1995 by Oriah House, From “Dreams Of
Woo hoo I did it! My first 10k ever! It was a great experience to be able to participate in. It felt real cool to be in a swarm of runners all trying to accomplish the same thing….finish! I was also happy to have ran it with my great friend Rosie, we kept eachother at a good pace. I can’t wait to run more of these. Gotta keep running & training hard. Here we go…
10k
Going to run my first 10k tomorrow! So excited & ready. I’ve been training for 13 weeks. Here we go…
Didn’t run today… My company was lucky enough to get a private firework show at DISNEYLAND! It was super awesome, especially since I was able to share it w/ my fam & BFF. I promise ill run tomorrow. Here we go…
Advice please…
I’m running my first race EVER on Sunday. It’s a 10k at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Does anyone have any tips/ advice on how to prepare before the big day?
Thanks!
ReUnItEd & It FeElS sO gOoD…
Finally got to running again after a 4 day break. Went away for my bday wknd and although I promised myself I would run atleast 1 day, I didn’t. But its okay I came back today and ran 6 solid miles. They were a lil slow but I’m happy I got out there and hit the pavement.
So…Sunday is my first 10k EVER! I’m really excited for it. I’m going to take it easy the rest of the week. Here we go…
6 miles= 1:16:04
12:40 mile
: )
