Getting close to another requires that we also get close to ourselves...

Getting close to someone else dmeand that we alos get close to ourselves. That's the nature of true intimacy. When our heart opens to another, it also opens to us. Love excavates everything alive within us, including our unresolved shadow, in an effort to bring all that we are into the light of connection. It wants all of us to be present for the experience. It wants all of us to heal. Then our experience of intimacy is something more than a reach for the other. It's also a reach for ourselves. Not merely a fleeting adventure between two souls, but a truly transformative journey towards oneness. - Jeff Brown