About
Currently self-employed and practicing law in Macon, Georgia.
http://aptaylorlaw.com
Education
- Mercer University
- University of Texas at Arlington
- Miami University
- Oglethorpe University
- Mt. de Sales Academy
- Mount de Sales Academy
Favorite saying
- "Intimacy (by Alan Taylor, 02-15-2000)
What human beings want, more than anything else, is intimacy. Intimacy means complete openness and sharing with another individual. Thus, people who lie to or hide things from their mates deny themselves the intimacy they really need, and this causes their relationships to fail because they must then find the intimacy they seek in other relationships. So, in order to get what one needs out of a relationship, one must never do anything that one wants to hide from or lie about to one's significant other. Doing so destroys the very thing that people truly seek in relationships: intimacy.
Of course, nobody’s perfect. People make mistakes. Occasionally, people do things of which they are ashamed--things they want to conceal from their mates. This sense of shame and fear must be overcome in order to preserve a healthy relationship. People who value intimacy should tell their mates, immediately, when they make mistakes. After all, most mistakes are little ones, and they are easily forgiven, but when mistakes are not confessed and addressed immediately, they often lead to much bigger mistakes, mistakes that can not be forgiven. One lie leads to another which leads to another, and so on. A long series of lies and deception will completely destroy the intimacy in a relationship, and without the intimacy a loving relationship ceases to be productive because it's intimacy that people seek in relationships in the first place.
So, be kind to those you love, but always be honest, even if being honest is unkind. Without the honesty and openness, there is no intimacy, and the relationship is doomed to fail because it’s intimacy we seek, and it’s intimacy we need."
