On Intimacy

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Everyone talks about the beauty of intimacy with friends or romantic partners, but rarely anyone ever discusses the intimacy you have with yourself. Those moments spent in your own company, venturing far into the depths of who you really are outside of other people’s expectations, outside of the many different roles you play-the “worker”, the “friend”, the “partner”, the “child”, the “parent”-the list goes on and on. Of course, all these roles are integral to who…