Timidmoon,

Give yourself permission to LIVE, my darling! I say go forth with the astute awareness that you obviously already have, and see what you have to learn from this new person! Don’t hold yourself back from a rewarding interaction that is making you happy! If you find a pattern eventually, perhaps that you are going from one person to the next and rebounding each time, then maybe look into focusing on yourself, as for now just open your eyes and your heart and learn some life lessons. Cut through the self-judgement and self-criticism and take this on as a chance to gain knowledge and insight.

Be free!
xx

I know exactly what you mean, it makes so much sense! I’ve definitely been there and still stop myself from reaching out when I feel unable to handle the possibility of the attention being unreturned. Rejection stings like no other, and can really bring down your self-esteem and self-worth. What you don’t realize I think is that you already ARE learning to be free! You are right on the edge of a valuable lesson. Whether you choose to protect your heart or whether you choose to open it is completely up to you and either way you are trying to do what’s best for you, so again hold off on the judgement and wait to see what happens.

Often, the thought/idea of rejection is worse than actually being rejected. I would go so far as to say the thought/idea/imagination of most things are worse than the actual events themselves. What would happen if you were rejected? It may sting but hey, then you’ll know that this person wasn’t ready for what you wanted to share with them! That seems like an important thing to know!

Easier said than done of course. And I’d do well to take my own advice too! 🙂