Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Disclosures

True friendships feel like home. Much comfort and security is felt in the loving presence of those who are able to bear our shortcomings, our character defects, our cheesy thoughts and silly utterances.

I think about the deep friendships steeped in vulnerable conversations where souls were bared, and the internal editor of details put on pause mode. One Sean Low put it rightly:
"The process of revealing ourselves to the world (and to ourselves) is often exquisitely painful, always enlightening and ultimately freeing."
The risks are high when we choose to disclose facets of who we are and what we have done; what we honestly think and feel. Yet something wonderful happens most of the time. The thread that binds our hearts gets woven. A true friendship blossoms.

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