We take off our armor to A) talk about it at all and B) especially, oh so especially, to write about it. You peel off layers you didn't know were there. That opens you up for taking the hits harder, too.
As far as affirmation/understanding, it's painful to see it offered, start to hope, and then have it crash down around you -- maybe especially when you didn't realize you were looking for it until the 'hope' part.
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We take off our armor to A) talk about it at all and B) especially, oh so especially, to write about it. You peel off layers you didn't know were there. That opens you up for taking the hits harder, too.
As far as affirmation/understanding, it's painful to see it offered, start to hope, and then have it crash down around you -- maybe especially when you didn't realize you were looking for it until the 'hope' part.