13. People don’t want you to be perfect. What they want is to feel connected to you.
The paradox of human connection:
We avoid speaking difficult truths to protect relationships.
But that's what prevents those relationships from becoming truly meaningful.
You can’t be accepted for who you are if you’re not showing up as who you are.
Joe Hudsonx.comPretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.