
July 05, 2008
An Intimate Look

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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.
14 comments:
You guys are so nice to stop and leave generous comments about my work. I do like the animals.
I love what I do. It is super-special to be able to be alive, retired, own everything and be free from pain. Just imagine that.
I am nuts about my wife after 53 years of being married and us having 5 children; three of whom are half a century old or older. Think about it.
I come to repay your visit, and I see what you have posted.
I read what you have written and saw your photography and it is all inspiring to me. I never get to see bathrooms from other parts of the world. The most remarkable were the slits in floors of speeding trains in Japan in the 1950s and you squatted and watched the tracks fly past. It was also that way in hotels.
Now I have seen your bathroom and it is so modern and I like it.
I am a person of ideas and the wheels begin to turn and tomorrow one of my blog posts will be published because of what I saw here first.
Thanks for the visits and comments.
Abraham Lincoln
—Brookville Daily Photo
See, bathrooms ARE a source of inspiration. I knew it! :)
This is yours? Very nice. I like the glass blocks.
That is one great looking bathroom. I used to clean houses for a living so my first thoughts about bathroom design and size always goes to how hard is this to clean?? I'm doomed.
I like the glass blocks too! It is a very stylish bathroom indeed.
Fantastic. I like everything about it and enjoy seeing people's interiors.
This looks inviting!
Thanks for stopping by my blog today for a visit.
I've enjoyed my visit here - very nice.
You have a very chic and nice bathroom!
Your bathroom is very elegant.
I like the shower: it must be comfortable.
Yes very elegant Isadora - I love it!
Thank you for your comments. So I'm not the only one in whos' heart the bathroom holds a special place. My only problem with it is the fact that it is so small.
The mirrored wall did help make it appear larger. I've removed the tub and installed the large shower with the glass bricks and the bidet. Sometimes I regret losing the tub, but such is life. Overall, I am happier with the results this way.
I was fortunate enough to find in the US a Persian runner with the identical pattern of the one in the bathroom. Unfortunately, I could not bring it with me as I've had too much luggage - but it will be placed in front of the row of bookshelves in the living room.
Once all the minor finishing touches are completed on the apartment and the furniture will be moved back - I will be showing the rest of the apartment.
Enjoy your week-ends and thank you for visiting.
Great looking bathroom. The mirror does make it appear larger.
It may be small, but it looks interesting.
And very well cleaned, which is something real important to me!
Though you say it is small ~ You've done everything right!
Mirrors and a light, neutral, simple look. Wonderful!
I love to see interiors! But I've already said that, a couple of times. :-)
Mari-Nanci
'Smilnsigh' blog
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