if sweden looks like this

I really don’t mind going! *drools

http://www.destination360.com/europe/sweden/goteborg

http://www.destination360.com/europe/sweden/visby

*continues daydreaming when she is supposed to read up on A LOT OF STUFFS

Open the fist clenched in wanting

and see what you already hold in your hand.

I returned home and quietly retreated back into my room. They passed me concerned looks and yet, I stared straight ahead.

“What’s wrong?” seems like a difficult question for me to answer. Technically, nothing is wrong. However to me, I was disappointed in not getting what I want. But I can’t pinpoint what is specifically wrong because I might just seem ridiculously demanding or even greedy.

Hence, I bit back all the words I wanted to say and tell myself, “let go”. As ams always like to put it, ‘just suck it up’.

This touched my soul.

And so I shall share it with you, my beloved readers (:

The Invitation –By Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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 moment

Good Paper

Douby ghaut is giving out this new paper at the mrt station which has a lot of community-related news. It is- like its name suggests- truly a good paper.

Quotes I got out of it:

-Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

-Speak from your heart & don’t worry about how it’s going to be taken & ask with the intention of it doing the highest good for everyone involved.

-Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It ass too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

- When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuilt those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

————————————–

One very important realization I made this morning is that the salary I’m receiving is public money. What I take, I must give back =)

It’s not an obligation, but I’m beginning to realize the responsibility of my existence in this society.

//keep getting up