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Oriah is the author of the inspirational prose poem and international bestselling book The Invitation as well as the bestsellers The Dance and The Call. Her writing sets forth in detail how we can follow the thread of our heart's longing into a life of meaning and purpose. Her latest book, What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your Soul, explores creativity as a way of accessing and cultivating a spiritually rich life. Oriah is the mother of two grown sons. She lives with her husband, Jeff, several hours north of Toronto in a home surrounded by forest stillness.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer's beloved poem "The Invitation," with its themes of living life more intensely and of loving deeply and well, has been read over the years at countless graduations, christenings, weddings, and other spiritual ceremonies. Now the author has expanded on the poem's words to offer a lovely new book of wisdom. She offers inspiration and advice on experiencing the beauty and sacredness of life every day. In the following exclusive essay, Oriah Mountain Dreamer writes about the need to stop equating wholeness and spirituality with perfection and to accept our humanness.

Richard Carlson

The Invitation is a treasure.