Most of us, when we think of intimacy, we think of our significant other, or we might consider our lack thereof and consequently feel that our lives are lacking in intimacy. There's a sexual connotation to our association with the word itself. Interesting, isn't it?

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Why is that?

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Intimacy is so much more, and can - if we allow and welcome it to, exist in all of our closest relationships. Its essence is rooted in trust.

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Many of us have been hurt, and have consequently erected barriers and closed ourselves off to trusting another. But without trust, intimacy suffers. Without opening yourself fully to another, it's impossible to be fully and completely yourself.

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It's about allowing ourselves to be truly seen. Of sharing our joys, our strengths, and the pesky vulnerabilities that we least like to expose. To be truly intimate and connected with others, we need to expose our soft underbellies. To trust that acceptance, understanding, and most likely, a sense of sympatico - will foster a relationship that mirrors back, each to the other, our best selves.

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It's such a gift to be truly seen.

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Open yourself to others. Let them truly see you. 

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Save the masks for Halloween. You don't need them.

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You are uniquely yourself - don't deny others that cross your path the privilege of truly knowing you.