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.
To the right of the monuments is the Museum of Graphic Arts. As you can tell there was recent renovation on its facade and the facade looks fresh. There is a demonstration going on at the monuments across the way, which is what the people are looking at. Strangest site - the demonstrators were cordoned off and there was heavy police presence - passers by could simply look on from a distance.
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.
14 comments:
I could spend hours looking at those columns but I'd sell my soul to see what's inside. What a wondrous building.Thanks for sharing these captures.
Very beautiful murals and the gold at the tops of the columns is wonderful.
What an interesting place...a hub of activity!
Hi Isadora, here I am trying to recapture your last posts on my weekly visit! I'm particularly impressed with the blue sky, since today we had a rather wet Saturday...The Museum looks quite clean and the Baths absolutely stunning! The Buda Palace looked nice and the sculptures, lonely...
Late congrats on your daughter's birthday!
Thanks for your comments at Blogtrotter, where I’m still strolling around the streets of Sofia.
Have a great weekend!
Gil
Beautiful pictures of even more beautiful buildings, thank you for sharing..:)
Thank you also for visiting my blog.. :)
Yes, these are magnificent buildings...Like Janice I would love a peek inside.
what a fascinating building! you certainly have tons of gorgeous buildings in your city!!
you have so many great buildings, i never cease to get impressed.
have a great sunday.
Beautiful! I'd be interested in seeing the inside of the Graphic Arts Museum.
Gosh, what amazing architecture. Magnificent. I'd be in awe to be standing next to these buildings. Beautiful photos. Your blog is very nice.
Thanks for visiting mine!
That's a beautiful building. I love the mural at the top.
I love the Conrinthian columns being gilded (with gold?) at the tops. It is another striking example of the beautiful buildings in your wonderful city.
Zsolt said that the city hall of Vienna resembles the city hall of Budapest...I say this too resembles the Parliament in Vienna! I love the colors here better though, soft to the eyes. Hope you'll have a great week ahead...Take care!
Magnificent building!
Mari-Nanci
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