The world needs more emotional vulnerability. The world needs more transparency. The world needs more people being honest about how they feel. The world needs less ego, less fear, less living according to others' opinions. The ideals of radical self-love and cherishing others intensely are not mutually exclusive. You can do both. You should do both. You can miss and appreciate connections and acknowledge the impact somebody has made in your life while also respecting yourself and investing in your growth. Many live in fear of honesty by portraying an unbothered front due to being hurt in the past or giving too much weight to external perceptions of them. But when I see somebody in tune with their emotions, all I see is a soul housing an abundance of strength, self-awareness, and radiance-because this is a person who has been through too much pain, too much loss, and does not have a second left to waste being somebody they're not.