

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:
That seems to be a nice castle. Are we going to see more of it?
Dried fruits?
Count me in!
Beautiful building! And nice looking display of dried fruit ... I'll take 1000 Ft.
The dried fruit sounds delightful! I do hope you will be able to show us more of the castle.
you made a great photo about the castle:) brings back the mood of the place!
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The castle certainly looks interesting. I'm glad you made a healthy choice "for once." The apricots and cranberries sounds good to me, what did you get?
The castle is gorgeous. That's such a beautiful setting for the fair. The dried fruit looks delicious too. I've never seen cantalope like that before. The pretzels next to the fruit look good too!
I would surely enjoy those dried fruits!
The castle looks so much like the castles shown in the movies...with vast grounds like that. (Horseback riding? Ohhh, so nice!)
I love the castle. I would try the dried fruit, never had it before.
Thank you for coming by and leaving your comments - it is as the day was, a breath of fresh air.
Unfortunately, I did not get any better shots that day of the castle. The Mangalitsa festival was being held at the time and there were TOO MANY people there for it to be enjoyable for me so I stayed away.
I love castles and I love fairs! Wish I could hop over to your city now! Wonderful photos!
joy
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Oh what a lovely castle. I love castles. I have visited a lot in Holland and germany.
Yum dried fruits
Amazing pictures.
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