People see the real you when you're not looking for love. And odds are, you'll be more honest with yourself at that time too. How many times have we all heard "As soon as I gave up dating and trying to find a boy/girlfriend...I met the most wonderful person!"? I've had two friends that said something similar.

At any rate...there are people all over this planet, in every corner of the world. At work, the grocery store, gas station where you buy your coffee. It's a casual and relaxed, innocent environment where people are themselves. And yes, the internet. Safety first and protect your privacy. But letting your guard down for people that you get to know can be enlightening and enchanting. I have 20 year friends from high school that I don't know better than some I've met online. And I doubt they know me as truly and deeply either!

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.