Don't ever lose your passion and compassion for people. The more we lock people out, the more we lock ourselves in. The more we push people aside, the more we push ourselves inside. Some people need more lone time than others -- a time to reflect -- but again a dialectic is needed to establish a homeostatic balance: a balance between the type of creative growth we get from being alone, and the type of creative growth we get from being others. Either polarity by itself establishes a one-sided existence. And sometimes people who spend a lot of time with people can be the loneliest people. We avoid and defend against the questions and answers that take us closest to our heart. No adventure -- no loss. No passion. No compassion. A life above our necks and/or below our belts. Our heart beats for no one and hides from everyone.
-- dgb, July 15th, 2008.
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