The Invitation

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 center of your own sorrow,

if you have been opened by life's betrayals

or have become shriveled and closed

from the 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 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 hear 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 center 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 empty moments.

Inspired by Oriah Mountain Dreamer,

Native American Elder, May 1994

Forgiveness and Why People Hurt You

It's time to face the cold, hard, ugly truth:

We each suffer at the hands of others:

Those we love, those that anger or attack us... even at the hands of strangers.

None of us gets through life unscathed. But I believe conflict empowers us.

In this new video, Chris Cade shows you specifically how to explore the challenges and traumas you've endured... and transform those stories into empowering vehicles for success and empowerment.

Watch the Video Now.

I don't know about you, but after watching this video, I was acutely aware of traumas I've held in the past... with a lot of guilt and anger about what others have done to me... and what I LET them do to me.

It's not an empowering feeling. In fact it had given me every excuse not to try, not to dream or hope, not to love.

What Chris articulates so well in this video is that these things that happened to me... the things that have happened to you...

It's not anyone else's fault. It's not your fault either.

It's just one more story... and it's the hardest thing for most people to change.

Chris invites us to unearth the story we may be holding - the story that leads either to hatred, anger and guilt... Or to forgiveness and abundance.

Inscribe Forgiveness & Empowerment into Your Life!

Your story is YOURS to mold and create as you
choose. Chris shares exactly how in this video he
just shot with speaker, author and coach Jaime
Mintun.

You'll learn:

• Why there's a connection between writing and our personal transformation
  
  
• How our personal story develops... and how we can re-write it
  
  
• Why we see the global story unfolding with a collapsing economy, PLUS why that's not such a bad thing...
  
  
• Why people hurt us
  
  
• How to heal the traumas in your life and move into forgiveness: of others and more importantly of yourself
  
  
• Some specific techniques you can use to change the story in your life to help move you into what most people say is the hardest step in their healing and growth
  

Get it All Right Here.