i want to know....

it doesnt 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 doesnt interest me how old you are. i want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. i want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals of have become shrivelled and closed from fear of the future's pain and suffering. i want to know if you can sit with pain without moving to hide it or cover it up. i want to know if you can truely be joyful, 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 realalistic, and remember the limitations of being human. it doesnt interest me if the story you are telling me is true. we all have a life story that has smiles and tears. i only want to know if you can dissapoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. if you can be trustworthy. i want to know if you can see beauty even though it it is not pretty everyday. and if you can source your own life from its presence. i want to know if you can live with failure and still stand outside and shout to the silver moon 'YES'. it doesnt interest me where you live or how much money you have. i want ot khow if you can get up after the night of greif and despair, weary and bruised, and still thank God for a brand new day. it does not interest me how you came into my life but if you can stand with me in the middle of the fire and not shrink back. if you will stick with me through times of trouble. i want to know if even though there is sorrow and dispair in this world, you will smile and look at the positive that there is in people. i want to know why people let sadness rule their lives and never see the love that is around them. if you stay true to yourself you can help others from the impending doom of sadness. we can save the world.