Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Cult bestseller The Invitation is more than just a poem. It is a profound invitation to a life that is more fulfilling and passionate, with greater integrity. This book is a word-of-mouth sensation, whose truths have resonated with people all over the world, and is now reissued with a beautiful new cover design.

The Invitation

Emiley Jones

I find again the hopeful part of myself I divorced when my hopes were dashed.

I see my mouth open, lips dry, and hear the single syllable leave my mouth and echo around the room, bouncing off an emptiness inside my chest. This is what fear is like.

Something inside me explodes in a great silence that eats all sound as the word settles over us like ash after the fire of devastation. What surprises me most in the moments that follow is that the world continues.

Ironically, I find myself, at moments, clinging to a belief in my own powerlessness, a belief that will let me off the hook of responding to my soul's desire. Those who chose a different response threaten the seamlessness of my self-deception.

It wasn't that I had not seen the truth. I had. But I'd failed to find the courage to act on it.

And surely the Divine, if it does work with purpose in our lives, is not dependent upon but works through our choices, good and bad.

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