The stars in your eyes are just shattered glass...
WAKE UP
I don't care about what you do for a living
I want to know what you love most,
and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing.
I don't care how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,
for our dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
I don't care what your fucking sign is,
I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow,
if you have been opened by life's betrayals or
if you have become hard and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can tolerate pain, mine or your own,
without trying to hide it or change it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own;
If you can get crazy and dance, letting the fun fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be
careful, be realistic or to remember the limitations of being human.
I don't care 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. I want to know if you can be faithful 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 life from wisdom and compassion.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine,
And still stand up and shout gabba gabba hey, for no reason at all.
I don't care about 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 for the
children.
I don't care who you are, what band you are in or how cool you are.
I want to know if you will stand in the middle of the fire with me
and fight for what we know is right.
I don't care what religion, race, sexual preference
or political stance you have.
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
-originally by some woman, and altered by Noah Levine (up the dharma punx!)
H a v e C o m p a s s i o n + T a k e A c t i o n
Who I'd like to meet: M e.
Haha, but seriously: I would like to meet [today] with graciousness and integrity; people living with right intention.
yeah i'm trying to land an apprenticeship too right now but its been hard, theres no openings locally and I havent started hunting outside the south bay yet
sitting around really i'm out of school til next month and got a ton of free time when i'm not working.. getting tatted on wednesday i'm lookin forward to that but thats all really. how bout you whats goin on
yay! thanks for the add. i hope to get the opportunity to get to know you better while you are in redondo. send me the info on that conference... maybe we can go together :)
Hey Lysistrata, Thanks for finding me. I've been meaning to look you up. You are still in Bend? How was the end of the retreat? how come there is no way to write regular messages? hope yer well xo, Kangs
are you going to the retreat Friday? I am trying to decide if I should go or not - and if anyone is going for the full week etc... can you email me and let me know if you are going.... oh and if you are camping and if you can share a site
