1. Making a connection with another living creature can feel like the hardest thing in the world.
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2. There's that first moment when you see each other...
3. And you really SEE.
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4. "I knew someone like you had to exist in the world," you think.
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5. "I didn't realize until I saw you, but I always knew."
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6. And that's where the fear and the uncertainty kick in.
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7. Because what if they don't feel the same way?
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8. What if there's someone else?
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9. Or too many voices and opinions rattling around in your ears?
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10. Because how do you go about bridging that gap between what you say and what you feel...
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11. ...and what THEY say and what THEY feel?
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12. How do you control the part of yourself so desperate and hungry that it scares you?
13. There isn't really an answer.
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14. Just be patient, as irritating as that sounds.
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15. Keep the ones who already love you close by.
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16. Regard each attempt not as a failure, but as another step closer to what you really need.
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17. Channel that scrabbling energy into something just for yourself.
18. Just know that you are seen.
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19. And that the best is yet to come.
