The Shyness of Love
...we are shy most especially with the deeper self that lives below the surface
There's a form of shyness where we're willing to move through it; where we see shyness as a kind of invitation. There is also a background, unconscious shyness where we refuse to investigate what might have broken our hearts in a previous epoch of our life…
Shyness is fundamental to human maturation, learning and in the end, self-compassion. It is the ha…
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