You may feel like playing it safe in your relationships today. It might seem easier to remain noncommittal emotionally even though you may yearn for more intimacy. Your unwillingness to commit in relationships could be due to a fear of being hurt. Perhaps you have experienced a situation where you have wanted to be closer with someone and they have wounded you. While it is important to know your boundaries, today may be a good time to work on expressing your own needs and feelings. Should you have to tell someone how you feel, make it a point to speak from a place of truth. You might notice that this place cannot always be in the middle and that you might feel uncomfortable. But by speaking honestly about your feelings you could hurt yourself and others much less than by avoiding the situation.

Speaking your truth is a powerful way to act authentically in a relationship. When we try to avoid conflict and ignore our true feelings it becomes easier to drive others away from us. Conflict is uncomfortable, but sometimes through it we come to understand someone else more deeply even if the truth causes tension. After all, true intimacy in relationships comes first from being honest with yourself, and then by expressing your feelings openly to another person. Being honest does not always mean that there will be tension; sometimes the other person is grateful for the truth and wants to hear it. By speaking honestly today, you will gain more intimacy in your relationships with others.