"What is sweeter than mead? - Intimate
conversation."
____ "The Wooing of Ailbe," early Irish story
The kindling of mind upon mind, the flame of word upon word, is the essential fire that brings hearts gladly to the hearth of friendship. In the charmed circle of intimacy, friends lean together just as stars in their loneliness seem to draw closer together at nightfall. In our separate revolutions in time and space, we sometimes become like planets, solitary and aloof from all others, unable to bring ourselves into the fold of intimacy, able only to preach portentously from a high pulpit, untinitated into the vulnerability of the truly human.
But in our special relationships, we can enjoy a wonderful exchange when we take time to draw together, to share and to listen, to quicken to the ideas and viewpoints of another. In intimate conversation, our thoughts and opinions find a yoke-fellow who will help draw them nearer to manifestation. In deep converse, our uncertainties and anxieties can be uttered fearlessly, and just as trustfully received and allayed.
An intimate friendship passes beyond the intimacy of lovers; they shared currency is not physically sexual, although it can prove just as intoxicating. As ideas cascade and themes are tracked to their very source, a heady ferment fills the cup of friendship. It is in the quiet times of intimate talk that we really come to know each other and realize how much we share.
"Make an opportunity in the next month to have a really good, deep and intimate conversation with a close friend."
[From: The Celtic Spirit by Caitlin Matthews]
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