Ne zanima me čime se baviš u životu. Želim znati za čime čezneš i usudiš li se sanjati o susretu s onim za čime tvoje srce žudi.
Ne zanima me koliko ti je godina. Želim znati jesi li voljan riskirati da ispadneš budala zbog ljubavi, zbog svojih snova, zbog pustolovine koja se zove život.
Ne zanima me koji su ti planeti u kvadratu s Mjesecom. Želim znati jesi li dodirnuo središte svoje tuge, jesu li te izdaje u životu otvorile ili si se skutrio i zatvorio iz straha od dodatne boli. Želim znati možeš li sjediti s boli, mojom ili svojom, a da se ne pomakneš kako bi je skrio ili umanjio ili sredio.
Želim znati možeš li biti s radosti, mojom ili svojom, možeš li plesati s divljinom i dopustiti da te zanos ispuni do vrhova prstiju, a da nas ne upozoravaš da pazimo, da budemo realni, da ne zaboravljamo svoja ograničenja kao ljudska bića.
Ne zanima me je li priča koju meni pričaš istinita. Želim znati možeš li razočarati drugoga kako bi sebi ostao vjeran; možeš li podnijeti da te drugi optužuju za izdaju, a da pritom ne izdaš svoju, možeš li biti nevjeran i dakle pouzdan.
Želim znati možeš li vidjeti ljepotu čak i kada nije lijepa, svaki dan, i možeš li iz nje crpsti život.
Želim znati možeš li živjeti s neuspjehom, svojim i mojim, i ipak stati na rub jezera i srebrnom odsjaju punog mjeseca viknuti: "Da!"
Ne zanima me gdje živiš, i koliko novaca imaš. Želim znati možeš li ustati poslije noći duboke žalosti i očaja, izmučen i uništen do srži i učiniti što se mora da bi nahranio djecu.
Ne zanima me koga poznaješ i kako si dospio ovamo. Želim znati hoćeš li stati sa mnom u središte vatre, a da pri tom ne ustukneš.
Ne zanima me ni gdje ni što ni s kim si učio. Želim znati što te hrani iznutra kada sve ostalo nestane.
Želim znati možeš li biti sam sa sobom i sviđa li ti se vlastito društvo u trenucima praznine.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer, indijanska poglavica
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 shriveled 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.
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 shriveled 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.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
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