There is an old joke...it goes something like this:
"How do porcupines mate?" The answer is, of course, "Very carefully!!"
Recently someone noticed that I seemed almost hesitant or at the very least very thoughtful before I make any moves. I didn't make the connection till I was scanning channels over the weekend...and I happened to see something on Discovery or Animal Planet about the prickly little varmints... they really are almost adorable...but shy.
I never really considered myself to be like that...but then I thought again. I don't charge full steam ahead into situations anymore(it used to be the norm).....I consider the outcome...what might happen..what could happen..how this will affect others In being afraid of getting "hurt" I am also ultra sensitive to what might hurt someone else..thus have I become a porcupine. In a way...most of us who have been hurt or have hurt someone inadvertently are "porcupines".
Now....becoming a porcupine is not all bad. It forces us to think and consider. ALWAYS a good thing. It also reminds us that what we do now...can hurt ourselves or someone else. We consider all moves or non-moves very carefully... Taking things slower...not jumping into things too fast..is a good thing.
Sooooo how do we find love? How do we find the one other person whom won't hurt us? The person that we don't want to hurt...ever.
VERY carefully.
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