Open

Open your eyes, look within.  Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

~ Bob Marley

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Wouldn't it be nice if people came with "open" or "closed" signs?  Then you would know where you stand.  You would know if someone was safe to share and process and take risks with your ideas and questions.  Or if someone was not approachable or might use things you shared with her against you.

Of course, I guess if you can read non-verbals you can tell if someone is open or closed and you might know where you stand.  And where you stand might indicate whether you are open or closed.  If you stand with your arms outstretched and welcoming, you are probably open.  If you stand behind a fort you built out of old pallets you found in the alley and some bags of recycling, you are probably more of a closed type of person.