Have you ever longed to tell someone the truth yet haven't dared inside?
Maybe you don't have the words, you're unsure of their reaction, you can't find the 'right' time and if you did tell them the truth, what would be the outcome?
Would you be better or worse off? Would you be able to cope with what comes next?
How would you feel inside? And what if the other person's response is different to what you had imagined? Where would this leave you?
Pondering these questions recently, I was reminded of the following words from "The Healing Relationship in Gestalt Therapy" (Hycner and Jacobs):
"The human heart yearns for contact - above all it yearns for genuine dialogue. Dialogue is at the heart of the human. Without it we are not fully formed - there is a yawning abyss inside.
"Each of us secretly and desperately yearns to be "met" - to be recognised in our uniqueness, our fullness, and our vulnerability. Without that, we are not fulfilled - we are not fully ourselves.
"The paradox of the human spirit is that I am not fully myself till I am recognised in my uniqueness by another - and that other person needs my recognition in order to fully become the unique person she or he is.
"We are inextricably linked".
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