If I am transparent enough to myself, then I can become less afraid of those hidden selves that … - Sheldon B. Kopp

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For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs. . . why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheels as doth a watch) have an artificial life?

Sheldon B. Kopp

If I am transparent enough to myself, then I can become less afraid of those hidden selves that my transparency may reveal to others. If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone. It is enough that I must die alone. I am determined to let down my walls, whatever the risks, if it means that I may have whatever is there for me.

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