Friendship
Part and parcel of friendship entails the issue of openness. To the degree that one is open; the greater the level of friendship because of the implicit trust involved. Inversely, the greater the vulnerability too. But the thing about friendship is that it cannot flourish without that element of risk-taking.
When a person is willing to be open and be himself; by willingly to share thoughts frankly without fear of misunderstanding, he is secure within and about himself. on the other hand, the person who is guarded all the time, reveals a previous hurt that has not healed and unwilling to take the chance to progress or move on. He is like the oyster who clams up every-time something is stirred on the seabed of his life and he views it as a threat to his well-being. An oyster is saved from the turbulence’ but goes nowhere in terms of distance coverage. Likewise, the person who clams up is safe from the past; doing okay but not very good. That’s sad. For life consists of being able to love others; and friendship cannot flourish without love. And loving people entails risk-taking. Am I making sense or being cyclical in reasoning? 
Anyway, it’s late at night so probably it doesn’t make much sense to you – reader – for now. Maybe in a less sleepy state i can articualte my thoughts better. Until then . . .
