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Many times I've walked through Budapest being struck by something I wanted to share. Here, I do just that. What follows are glimpses along life's path that had touched my heart. Enjoy! Budapest Daily Photos recently moved to its own home. The photos here may be enlarged by clicking on them unlike BudapestResources.com website, its previous home.
The Invitation
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 centre 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
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 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 at 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 centre 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.
12 comments:
This is a beautiful work of art!
I just checked the weather forecast for Budapest. Looks like you are going to be a few degrees colder than us. Funny, I always thought that your weather was warmer, in general.
The building does seem to glow in your photo. How old is it? Everything looks pristine.
beautiful building, beautiful sky!
Thank you for your comments and visits.
You should look at it now, raining pretty steadily. It's been promised all week and mostly it only clouded or the mornings bathed in sunshine.
Have no idea how old the building is - but I would say most of the mansions on the boulevard date from approximately 1800's. When I see the modern glass buildings - somehow, it just doesn't equate.
I'll have doors on display next week.
Thank you for your visits and comments! Have a great week-end all.
Beautiful stonework, Isadora.
Sorry it's raining now. I hope it clears up and you have a great weekend.
Your photo really picked up the frieze relief sculpture (?-in the pediment area) well, and great angle too.
this corner really looks beautiful! This is an excellent post.
Yes, this is beautiful! Great angle.
nice!, great composition also!
Very pretty. I love the sun on the statue.
Oh yes, the return of the sun, is wonderful!
Mari-Nanci
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