
December 17, 2007
Decorataive Cobblestone

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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.
18 comments:
I don't see much cobblestone so to me it looks unusual and very beautiful.
haha, good point! it looks like it started out as a flower or something but not really...looks very unique!
I agree with Dot - any cobblestone is very unusual for me and this one is particularly nice!!!
A true artist put that there - it looks wonderful.
The design certainly makes the cobblestone sidewalk visually more interesting. A nice little touch that probably didn't cost anything extra, except for a little more time laying the cobblestones.
I'm with you Isadora. Not many would have paid attention to such detail. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Alex
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The best city planners and space designers realize the importance of art in our lives!
That´s a nice drawing on that cobblestone.
Here in Portugal we still have a lot of that mostly in Lisbon and other southern cities. Not in the part where I live.
Very nice. A great way to perk up a sidewalk without have people bump into it.
Adds a colorful, even though its monochrome, and lively touch to the cobblestone.
So lovely!!!!!!!! Of course, I've never been lucky enough to see something like this. Always ~ just plain cobblestones. Which are beautiful in themselves too but...
Mari-Nanci
I like it too!!
I too like the decoration of that sidewalk and cobblestone isn't unusual for me. It really is beautiful.
Hi Isadora!
The sidewalk design does add interest to it - I think it's lovely!
Have a wonderful and safe Christmas!
I love cobblestone,here in Bend Or they seem to be doing a little more of cobblestone. But has no comparison to the European countries
I like it too!
I'd walk by it smiling :)
Thank you so much for coming by and visit. This is why it is so nice to share - others can enjoy and it allows me to enjoy it again and again with you.
Good heavens, thought it was waves - it's ice!
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