Bottoms Part 50
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Bottoms Part 50
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50!!
*setting the tone*
Originally Posted by Rusty Zipper 
The Invitation
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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 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, 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 the edge 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 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 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.
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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 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, 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 the edge 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 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 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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Get all spiritual again 
. That way when you call someone a jack ass again you'll be taken spiritually instead of literally. Might save yourself from being banned.
Plus...
It is nice to pepper in something of substance amidst all the banal drivel
. As you've been doing with RZ's posts 
.
. That way when you call someone a jack ass again you'll be taken spiritually instead of literally. Might save yourself from being banned.Plus...
It is nice to pepper in something of substance amidst all the banal drivel
. As you've been doing with RZ's posts .
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Originally Posted by gypsy tears
Get all spiritual again. That way when you call someone a jack ass again you'll be taken spiritually instead of literally. Might save yourself from being banned.
Plus...
It is nice to pepper in something of substance amidst all the banal drivel. As you've been doing with RZ's posts .
Plus...
It is nice to pepper in something of substance amidst all the banal drivel
. As you've been doing with RZ's posts .Hi Astro and Rella!
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Originally Posted by Rella927
Can this day get any worse?
Now someone is trying to come in here for sympathy because they have to go to court! :crazy
Now someone is trying to come in here for sympathy because they have to go to court! :crazy
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Hugs to you (((Rella))) I know you are having a crap day also. Lets hang in there together.
Thanks for the well wishes, guys. If you could send up positive thoughts to the collective God of your understanding at 1 pm EST I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks for the well wishes, guys. If you could send up positive thoughts to the collective God of your understanding at 1 pm EST I sure would appreciate it.
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