Here it is! The blog is back up and running after many months of me choosing to do other things instead of blogging! Each day, I hope to post new insights from classes, friends, and my job. I am finding that I am learning something each day from different people, and why keep these lessons to myself? In my mind I am singing "sharing is caring, it can be fun...". Oh, yeah, and, you guessed it, there will be a lot of rambling and nonsense along the way!
The other day while meeting with a group of friends, we discussed the topic of emotional intimacy. Of course my friends and I have to have deep conversations. As we went around the table and began to share with one another what we thought was the real meaning of emotional intimacy, I noticed that each of us shared a definition based on our own personal experiences. A common theme among all of our definitions was that of trust. In order to have a connection and to experience emotional intimacy with someone, we must have a sense of trust in that person. If there is no trust, we will not feel safe to be ourselves or to form a connection with them. At the end of the discussion, one of my friends made probably the most profound statement of the evening. She said "now, what we just experienced, that is emotional intimacy." What a blessing it is to be a part of such a wonderful small group!
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