Have the courage to be vulnerable. Intimacy is a two way street. By allowing people to into-me-see, they will allow me into them. That is where love, whether romantic or platonic, thrives. You enjoyed my https://medium.com/paper-poetry/whats-your-vulnerability-quotient-b10b6ffeb9a2. I also recommend this essay by Chris Thompson https://medium.com/@RJChrisThompson/the-vulnerability-meter-de43223c798c