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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to StayBut you know why this area is so complicated: You know how hard it is to get close. You know how itБЂ™s only when you get close that you see how much closer you can get. You know what a cruel, discouraging yardstick it is to apply closeness as the measure of success in a relationship. If having trouble with intimacy were the cutoff point, weБЂ™d all be kicked out of our relationships. So where is the cutoff point? What weБЂ™ll look at in this chapter is where intimacy hurts, where intimacy doesnБЂ™t happen, and what makes intimacy special. STEP #32: WHEN YOU GET CLOSE, YOU GET HURT When we talk about getting intimate we talk about being vulnerable. Vulnerable literally means БЂњable to be wounded.БЂ«But what is it exactly about the wounds we incur when weБЂ™re most woundable that makes some relationships too bad to stay in? LetБЂ™s talk about what it means to get close. It means that you show parts of yourself to the other person that you donБЂ™t show anyone else. And they like what you show them and they like you for showing it ...» |
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