I have a problem gauging desire. At least in the situation I'm in. My drive is pretty much full tilt, but my problem is in initiating. I've always been shy and awkward around women. Well, until things get going anyway.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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