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.
There is a wonderful facility in the park that gives an appearance of a moat for the Vajdahunyad Castle we saw earlier. This is an artificial pond where there are ducks in the winter and you can rent boats to paddle yourself and friend(s) out on the water. In the winter, however, part of the area is frozen and used as a skating rink. The building is very handsome and as you can see, while others were enjoying the sun - these youngsters appear to be practicing for something on the ice.
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:
What a really nice park! I would love to watch them ice skating.
Looks like a fun place! It's funny to see a boathouse there, seemingly in the middle of all that land, if one didn't know better. Nice picture.
That's quite a neat ice skating ina beuatiful environment too. Is it cold right now in Budapest?
Oops, sorry for the typo... As you could guess, I meant "in a beautiful environment".
That seems to be a nice park.
Are you putting your skates on also?
The second shot is a postcard perfect capture Isadora. Do you ice skate?
Really very pretty!!! Cathy
Looks like a great time.
It is a beautiful place in which to skate!!
Beautiful....My grandsons ice skated at Lake Tahoe...What fun! I would be afraid to try. Never was a good skater of any kind.
Very nice. I forgot how to skate.
Lovely feature in the park. Nice photos.
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