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                 By
                Rob
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                       Get Naked! That's what they wanna see
                      anyway, so show 'em! 
                      Now read a bit more before you go do
                      something we'll both regret. 
                      You know what we love most in folks?
                      Their humanness. Their REAL side. Their down-home barefoot
                      lovable selves. We're doing this love thing backwards I'm
                      telling ya! My efforts to show only my
                      "polished" side while hiding the side that's
                      real, always brings me the opposite of what I'm trying to
                      get. What is it that we all want? LOVE! Intimacy! Respect!
                      Admit it. It's OK. A ton of you are so convinced you'll
                      never have love, that you've sworn off even wanting it!
                      Holy cow! Love and life are calling you my friend, waiting
                      for you to come play! But you gotta show up...all of you.  | 
                   
                 
                INTO ME SEE. That's what
                brings about Intimacy. Letting you see into me. The real
                me. Not the other me that I put in front of you when I
                want you to like me. EMOTIONAL NUDITY. 
                "But I could never show
                him that side of me! He might leave!" 
                Umm. And your concern
                is...what? 
                I once felt that I couldn’t “be myself” with her.
                The naked truth is, that had nothing to do
                with her. That had everything to do with my choice to not be
                honest (to not show up as me). 
                "But I simply can't be completely myself.
                There are times to not tell the truth!" 
                My friend, let's think rationally for a brief moment (then
                we can go right back to insanity I promise). The truth
                Always, always rises like cream to the top of the kettle. They
                will know who you are. Holding back who you are now not only
                perpetuates the lie but also sets your tomorrow up for a rude
                awakening. And in the meantime bitterness and crust form because
                you just can't ever be yourself! 
                The Truth ALWAYS sets you free. And the
                ultimate expression of the truth is when you LIVE OUT WHO YOU
                ARE. Conversely, the ultimate lie is your hiding out and holding
                back the real you. 
                We are naturally drawn to real, genuine, openness. We are
                however repelled by superficial, disingenuous and closed. 
                Yet we spend enormous time and energy trying to hide that
                real side of ourselves from others in hopes that they'll like
                us! 
                Fall in love with yourself
                friend! Recognize every cotton pickin' corner and crevice of who
                you are as a God-made beauty. Stand up! Show it! Be OK with who you
                are. And in doing so you'll notice others attracted to you like
                white on rice as you experience love and intimacy on a whole new
                level. 
                Read more on
                this: www.lifeunclogged.com/linkees/naked1.html 
                  
                Rob Cross   www.TheUpsideDownGuy.com 
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