Cathy Peters:
CLASS OF 1977
Churchill High SchoolClass of 1977
Eugene, OR
Cathy's Story
Cathy is from San Antonio, Texas. Cathy's schools include Churchill High School. Cathy later attended Texas A&M (Counseling Psychology) , The Alamo Colleges, Texas State University-San Marcos. Cathy works(ed) at The Restoration Center At The Center For Health Care Services.
Cathy's interests include Art, Education, Food. Music Cathy likes includes Eric Clapton, Daughtry, Nick Gardner. Books Cathy likes include "Thoughts...", I Am: A Journey To Enlightenment, The Power of Now. Movies Cathy likes include Rocky Horror Picture Show, Healing Neen, DRUNK IN PUBLIC. TV shows Cathy likes include The Voice, 60 Minutes, Scandal.
One of Cathy's favorite quotes is:"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies. Thomas Edison
Oriah is the author of this prose-poem:
The Invitation
It doesnât 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 heartâs longing.
It doesnât 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 doesnât 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 lifeâs 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
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without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesnât 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,
âYes.â
It doesnât 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 doesnât 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 doesnât 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.
by Oriah from her book THE INVITATION © Mountain Dreaming, published by HarperONE, San Francisco, 1999 All rights reserved.".
More about Cathy:"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - Howard Thurman".
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