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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:
You guys are so great! Just got back after two days in WINDY and FREEZING Warsaw. Slept little, walked a lot and am ready to drop - and here I find all these wonderful comments from the past two days.
Thank you - it really was 'coming home' I promise to make up for my lack of visits over the week-end. Have a wonderful Friday.
Oh this fantastic - I could spend hours looking at that building.
Its very pretty. I wonder how long it took to build and create?
Glad you are back! This is a really beautiful and unusual looking building.
That's amazing. It's hard to imagine someone trying to make a building like that these days.
Glad you're back in your warm home. Interesting drawings on that building. The grayish paint on the top floor makes it feel like a cold place.
what a fantastic building!!! beautiful shot
oh yes, Love this! it's the most beautiful in Bp, IMHO
Beautiful building.
looks like out of a fairy tale to me.
And an amazing building that is.
Glad you´re back.
That is really so beautiful. So detailed! Wow.
Magnificent!
Mari-Nanci
What a beautiful building.....lovely!
Wow, Isadora!
I love this one!
Totally over the top gothic horror baroque.
Woohoo!
I've been away too, and couldn't help myself taking photos of buildings!
This is soooo beautiful, gorgeous building, it's so rich, so creative.
Pam
Oh yes it is beautiful, good shot.
The Budapest Four Seasons is gorgeous. But, honestly, I would never think Hungary is behind the times! More ahead of the times. In my opinion, when you compare classical and historical architecture to modern and contemporary, classical and historical is way more evolved--in terms of look, design, everything.
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