ROCKET SCIENCE OR RUSSIAN ROULETTE?
It is a very complicated process...the things we tell ourselves about ourselves and the things we let others see. We often compartmentalize the details of ourselves, setting up boundaries for protection and sometimes for denial.
It isn't easy, letting people in-even our best friends or our closest family members. There's always a risk involved, a feeling of vulnerability and of intimacy...and that can often feel very uncomfortable. But honesty, which always comes from a place of goodness, is best served, by serving up the truth whenever, wherever and however we feel called to do so. It is the one constant that anchors a healthy, happy and harmonious life. Being honest with ourselves is equally important...Sometimes there are simply some things we don't want to share...and so we shouldn't...no matter how close we are to someone.
Feelings remind us what's on our minds even when they're things we're trying to forget. Letting someone else take a look at that internal terrain...can be uncomfortable even in a safe environment, with people who truly care. I've personally learned that eventually-with a whole lot of honest soul searching and some old fashioned therapy...simply owning the feelings, and working through them-is the best medicine...and our queasy feelings of vulnerability, somehow-vanish.
It's not rocket science, but sometimes it feels like Russian roulette. I recommend playing the mind game anyway...always keeping in mind-that we can set the rules and rule out what we really don't want to reveal.
It isn't easy, letting people in-even our best friends or our closest family members. There's always a risk involved, a feeling of vulnerability and of intimacy...and that can often feel very uncomfortable. But honesty, which always comes from a place of goodness, is best served, by serving up the truth whenever, wherever and however we feel called to do so. It is the one constant that anchors a healthy, happy and harmonious life. Being honest with ourselves is equally important...Sometimes there are simply some things we don't want to share...and so we shouldn't...no matter how close we are to someone.
Feelings remind us what's on our minds even when they're things we're trying to forget. Letting someone else take a look at that internal terrain...can be uncomfortable even in a safe environment, with people who truly care. I've personally learned that eventually-with a whole lot of honest soul searching and some old fashioned therapy...simply owning the feelings, and working through them-is the best medicine...and our queasy feelings of vulnerability, somehow-vanish.
It's not rocket science, but sometimes it feels like Russian roulette. I recommend playing the mind game anyway...always keeping in mind-that we can set the rules and rule out what we really don't want to reveal.
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