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 shrivelled 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.

Source:
http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/

Seeing #3

The tree on the hill
The tree sway with the wind
Maybe we don’t see for awhile
We just turn my head
We know that they are still be there
Silver leaves look bright
We always give honest smile
They give me smile too
And we see ourselves in everything

Birds fly to the sky
Never stop to fly
Till they disappear in the clouds
And just a moment
We can not see them again
We see the green grasses
Everything is green
But clouds turn red
Sun give sign to us
We understand what it means
And we see ourselves in everything

We look up to the sky
We see everything is sky
Sky is high and limitless
We see the trees
We see everything is tree
The trees are bright and beauty
We are nothing
But everything actually nothing
A small grain sand is universe
Or Universe in the small grain sand
Clouds are see us
Or We see the clouds
We let our doubt melted
And we see ourselves in everything

Let the rain for us only
Let our body soaked with rain water
Let the sunshine give light for all
We always pray for all
Let the light always be there
May eternal light fills everything
Let the sunshine always bright
And we see ourselves in everything

The road look winding and never end
But we don’t think about that we see
We just follow and believe our heart
The road to our heart is near
Just without effort
We’ve already arrived
And we see ourselves in everything

Subaru by Tanimura Shinji (Japanese Song - Lyric & Translation)

Translation:

With my eyes closed, I see nothing
With sorrow in my heart, I open my eyes
A road heading for the wilderness
And nothing else other than what I see.

Ah, all you stars, destined to shatter into pieces
At least you can quietly shed a light on me

I'll go onwards, even if my cheeks turn pallid
I'll go onwards, bidding farewell to the stars

With every breath I have in my chest,
And the cold wind continues to howl
Even so, my heart holds the passion
To keep on pursuing my dream

Ah, all you stars, each nameless among many,
Glowing gloriously as you shatter into pieces

I'll go onwards, as my heart commands
I'll go onwards, bidding farewell to the stars

Ah, someday, someone will walk this road
Ah, someday, someone will walk this road

I'll go onwards, even if my cheeks turn pallid
I'll go onwards, bidding farewell to the stars.

I'll go onwards, bidding farewell to the stars
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Pronunciation:

Mewo tojite nanimo miezu
Kanashikute mewo akereba
Kooya ni mukau michiyori
Hokani mierumonowa nashi

Ah, kudakechiru sadameno hoshitachiyo
Semete hisoyakani kono miwo teraseyo

Warewa yuku aojiroki hohono mamade
Warewa yuku saraba subaruyo

Ikiwo sureba muneno naka
Kogarashiwa naki tsuzukeru
Saredo wagamunera atsuku
Yumewo oitsuzukeru nari

Ah, sanzameku namonaki hoshitachiyo
Semete azayakani sonomiwo owareyo

Waremo yuku kokorono meizuru mamani
Waremo yuku saraba subaruyo

Chorus: Ah Ah...

Ah, itsuno hika darekaga kono michiwo
Ah, itsuno hika darekaga kono michiwo

Warera yuku aojiroki hohono mamade
Warewa yuku saraba subaruyo

Warewa yuku saraba subaruyo

Translation & lyric source:
http://elninosincero.multiply.com/journal/item/57/57

Youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1ORbp_gN8

Tomorrow will be better/ Ming tian hui geng hao (Song Lyric)

Comment:

I think this song very inspiring and full of positive spirit.
Sometime in the morning,we feel pain in our heart because
we face the world with routine and the same.Everything
that we do seems become burden but this song
showing us with these words "..When
you wake up in the morning....A newborn sun is shinning
Chasing shadows from your mind.Everything will be alive,
under the sunshine's smile..." and positive words
"..I know you'll do.We pray and believe that
Tomorrow will be better..."
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Lyric :Tomorrow will be better

When you wake up in the morning
When you haven't started to think
There is a whole brand new day
Open wide and waiting for you
I know in life's sorrow,
you're on the verge of drowning
May your tears flea with yesterday
blow away with the wind

When you wake up in the morning
When you haven't started to think
The world is out there calling open
eyes to new beginning
A newborn sun is shinning
Chasing shadows from your mind
Everything will be alive,
under the sunshine's smile

Come out from your corner
No doubt in join us
You can decide the future
Devote your youthful power to this world
Come together, hand in hand together
I know you'll do
We pray and believe
that tomorrow will be better.

No, I don't know what your name is
But you're so familiar to me
Cause we belong to one family
You can hear my heart calling
Life can be music,
rainbows can be reached
If you face yourself truly
keep striving for your dream

Come out from your corner
No doubt in join us
You can decide the future
Devote your youthful power to this world
Come together, hand in hand together
I know you'll do
We pray and believe
that tomorrow will be better.

When you wake up in the morning
When you haven't started to think
There is a whole brand new day
Open wide and waiting for you
I know in life's sorrow,
you're on the verge of drowning
May your tears flea with yesterday
blow away with the wind

Come out from your corner
No doubt in join us
You can decide the future
Devote your youthful power to this world
Come together, hand in hand together
I know you'll do
We pray and believe
that tomorrow will be better.

Come out from your corner
No doubt in join us
You can decide the future
Devote your youthful power to this world
Come together, hand in hand together
I know you'll do
We pray and believe
that tomorrow will be better.

Come out from your corner
No doubt in join us
You can decide the future
Devote your youthful power to this world
Come together, hand in hand together
I know you'll do
We pray and believe
that tomorrow will be better.

English Version by Att9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4vhC99zQQ
Mandarin Version by Various Artists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW02qktxEZk&feature=related

Effortless

We don’t need to do something
Just like see the leafs flying follow the wind blow
We don’t want to predict where they are going to
The world is mysterious place
It is not seems appear that we see everyday

Maybe we see the sea
But actually we don’t know about the sea
We only see the surface of the sea
Not the sea with its fullness
The sea is unfathomable

When our ship was broken on the sea
And we have no strength to swim
Our effort is useless
We don’t need to swim
And there’s no need to reach the shore
We just let ourselves doing nothing
We relax ourselves then we will float
And when our time has come
We know the meaning of the sea
We live in the sea and die in the sea

Sitting beside the window to see outside
We only see sand desert
But our heart feel amazed
Cause we see water & green trees
Maybe our heart tempt to go there
So tempting and difficult to resist
But we do nothing & lose our hope
And accept what appear before us
Maybe we have no strength at all
Let the illusion appear or disappear
Just tell our heart about this illusion
Illusion is illusion

If we walk to go outside
And drink mirage water
There’s danger to follow desire
Don’t depend with illusion
All that we see actually is not real
Because it will hammer our heart
We will fall down and crawl
There’s terrible pain in our heart and eyes
And we can not see clearly the road
But time will always show the way to return
Be careful not to go outside
We already learn how pain to follow the shadows
But after we realize and think about it again
There’s nothing happen
We still sitting beside the window
And enjoy to drink a hot cup of tea
Feel blessed and gratitude in our heart
Simple and perfect

If we walk on desert
We feel hot, tired and thirst
We see the Caravan not so far
We call them and ask for help
We say to them that we need the water
But they don’t give us some water at all
On the contrary they instruct a lion
To catch and bite us
They leave us alone on the desert
Luckily we still alive
And return to go home safely
But when we remember this thing
We don’t hate the desert
We don’t hate the lion
We don't blame Caravan
But we thanks to them
Cause they already teach us about illusion
We feel this illusion in naked face
And never forget to love
For everything have already passed
Always compassion for everything
There's nothing left in our heart
But we always love in our heart
Pure heart embrace everything
Maybe dark clouds still there
See them with smile on our face

We remember about the desert
And dangerous creatures inside it
They are illusion
They are created by our mind
We have known that there’s no outside and inside
We always in our home
All the places around the world are our home
We are the sun that shine the world
We don’t need the light anymore
We are the light and always bright
Why we forget about our real nature
We always here
Why going to desert?
There’s no water on the sand
In our home everything is perfect
Nothing that harm us
Every place is our home
Near and perfect

Reflection

I walk on the lonely road
In the night time
Feel the wind blow gently touch my face
I walk with slowly
I don’t miss all that I see
Everything is perfect

See the trees beside the road
Their leaves are bright under streetlight
Seeing puddles on the road
Reflecting image of the tree
I listen to crickets and frogs sing

I see the sky is dark
But I still see the crescent moon and a small stars
Limit my seeing is within sky limit
But I never forget to see the green grasses
I praise all of them in my heart
Such wonderful things

I remember the days has gone
But I can not find my past time
Each time has passed leave no trace
But present time is complete for itself
Time change everything
My body will change and decay
I see myself is the same
I am always I am

I never shut the door
The door always open
Everything may come in
Everything may come out
I give greeting with open heart

I read many books
I think many things too much
But now I realize
I know nothing
I search no more
Stop search the words
It’s better see the green trees
And enjoy listen birds chirp

People sometimes say with certitude
Later they change their opinion
But I don’t blame them
Everything is transient
They talk about impermanent things
I let them say anything
I just listen

It’s useless to change the weather
Sometimes rain and
Sometimes sun so bright
Which one is good one?
I don’t know about good and bad
I think it’s better change my heart
I know my limitation

The mirage water look real
The water of the sea is limitless
But they can not quench my thirst
Only tears of gratitude can quench my thirst
Everything is complete and perfect
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Quote:
In childhood we strove to go to school,
Our turn to teach, joyous as a rule
The end of the story is sad and cruel
From dust we came, and gone with winds cool.
Omar Khayyam
Translate by Shahriar Shahriari.

James by Billy Joel (Song Lyric)

Comment :

This song remind me when I have passed
my high school and continue to choose
field of study in the university....
Sometimes we choose not for ourselves
But Sometimes we choose to please someone else
There's nothing bad or good in this situation
Cause all situation that we have decided,
We must accept it and think is good
We choose how we live
But If we don't choose then we have chosen
All that we have done,nothing is bad
There's something good in there
Life and feel gratitude for this moment
and choose now the best that we think is the best
......now

_________________

Song Lyric :James

James...we were always friends,
From our childhood days
And we made our plans,
And we had to go our seperate ways.
I went on the road-
You pursued an education.

James...do you like your life,
Can you find release,
And will you ever change-
Will you ever write your masterpiece.
Are you still in school-
Living up to expectations...James...

You were so relied upon,
everybody knows how hard you tried-
Hey...just look at what a job you've done,
Carrying the weight of family pride.
James...you've been well behaved,
You've been working so hard
But will you always stay-
Someone else's dream of who you are.
Do what's good for you,
or you're not good for anybody...James.

I went on the road-
You pursued an education...James...
How you gonna know for sure-
everything was so well organized.
Hey...now everything is so secure,
and everybody else is satisfied.

James...do you like your life,
Can you find release
And will you ever change,
When will you write your masterpiece.
Do what's good for you,
or you're not good for anybody...James...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJjPuu-gHM&feature=related