Monday, March 20, 2006

On Liking

Relationships are funny. It is an interesting play of power, and I am so good at the game. So good at attracting people I can own, so I can win. And then, we both lose.

I love the beginning. I love making the first move. It sets up that dynamic right from the start. Only I can never make a first move with anyone I already like. Too vulnerable.

Real relationships are built on vulnerability. They require us to go out on little limbs all the time...show our cards, reveal something of who we really are. And then, that practice of being vulnerable and having someone accept us just that way deepens the canyon of love, like a river flowing slowly and silently through it.

I have to work hard at this one.

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