Dare to meet life intimately
/Dare to meet life intimately.
Life will only be as fulfilling as the depth with which we’re willing to meet it.
Surface-level connections will fulfill us… at the surface.
But our depths crave intimacy and sharing. Intimacy craves depth, not masks and walls.
What if we stopped holding life at arm’s length?
What if we entered into an intimate relationship with all that is?
What if we were willing to walk through life…
… holding everything with care and protection
… seeing fully
… being seen fully
… open
… being opened
… sharing
… embracing what is, not what we think should be
… releasing masks and performance
… touching and being touched
… loving wholeheartedly
… being moved by life?
The tragedy is that we’ve narrowed down the idea of “intimacy” to something that only happens behind closed doors. (Another tragedy is that sex does not necessarily include intimacy—sometimes, it’s anything but.)
But why not be intimate in every realm of our lives?
Why not share deeply during lunchtime?
Why not be willing to be moved by a random conversation in line at the drugstore?
Why not hold with care what you see on your walk?
Intimacy is everywhere, if we have the courage to meet it: a type of quantum entanglement that thrills in knowing us—as we know ourselves—more and more fully.
An intimate life is a gift to humanity.
Why not live life as if it were a love letter to the planet?