When life is a horror....Don't look like a ghost!
But love doesn__ control, and I suppose that__ why it__ the ultimate risk. In the end, we have to hope the person we__e giving our heart to won__ break it, and be willing to forgive them when they do, even as they will forgive us. Real love stories don__ have dictators, they have participants. Love is an ever-changing, complicated, choose-your-own adventure narrative that offers the world but guarantees nothing. When you climb a mountain or sail an ocean, you__e rewarded for staying in control. Perhaps that__ another reason true intimacy is so frightening. It__ the one thing we all want, and must give up control to get.
Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy
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But love doesn__ control, and I suppose that__ why it__ the ultimate risk. In the end, we have to hope the person we__e giving our heart to won__ break it, and be willing to forgive them when they do, even as they will forgive us. Real love stories don__ have dictators, they have participants. Love is an ever-changing, complicated, choose-your-own adventure narrative that offers the world but guarantees nothing. When you climb a mountain or sail an ocean, you__e rewarded for staying in control. Perhaps that__ another reason true intimacy is so frightening. It__ the one thing we all want, and must give up control to get.
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