[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Rez:
In her own search, a Canadian lady called Oriah writes "The Invitation":
"So I sat down to write at my desk in the dim light of the streetlamp outside my window. Since I was a child I have written to understand myself and the world,to find stories that show me the meaning I can make of my life
As the words flowed, I recognized a voice that has always been there within me: the voice that passionately seeks life's purpose; the voice of the tired heart that longs for real intimacy and deep rest; the voice that asks me to be fully present with it all . . . the pain and the joy - the beauty and the sorrow; the inner silence . . . and the noise of the world"
this is the website that Oriah who lives outside of Toronto has - she wrote "The Invitation" and it can be read in its entirety along with some of her other writings at:
http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/