Fears: An Understanding

so just randomly i realized, kind of just popped into my head ... no great discovery, but really an understanding ... the fear {and even discomfort sometimes} we have of how others feel for and about us is really more about how we feel for and about those people ... the fear that we don't understand or want our feelings to come out, to be known ... and so we trap ourselves in endless loops of dissatisfaction and unfulfilled desires ... and we see life pass us by in much the same way a shy child sits by the window to watch other children play

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