"...risky self-disclosure is what I mean by intimacy, and intimacy
is the way
that love is transmitted.
"Some say the word comes from the Latin
intimus, referring to that
which is interior or inside. Some say its older
meaning is found by
in timor, or 'into fear.' In either case, the point is
clear:
intimacy happens when we reveal and expose our insides, and this
is
always scary.
"One never knows if the other can receive what is
exposed, will
respect it, or will run fast in the other direction. One must
be
prepared to be rejected. It is always a risk.
"The pain of
rejection after self-disclosure is so great that it
often takes a lifetime
for people to risk it again."
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