Yeah, honestly focusing on less is better in my opinion. And taking your time with this is a great approach too as it better allows you to soak everything in. This is a process to help you better understand yourself too. Although I will add some more to the path to help with this cause I think this is a great opportunity to learn more about ourselves.
Lack of trust in people is very understandable. Especially when people have hurt us before. We put up very big shields after that.
The hardest part about getting through this is that it often takes meeting people who are genuinely trustworthy to break down these shields and open up again. But I think it’s very possible to walk a fine line of being vulnerable but still being protective of ourselves. There is a middle path here.
If you’re too trusting, you leave yourself open to pain. If you are far too protective, you leave yourself unable to connect. Middle path is where you open yourself up but remain mindful of peoples intentions.
To get here requires something though…
You have got to learn to trust yourself. When you trust yourself, you begin naturally open up to others because you believe in your ability to manuever situations in your favor or handle negative intentions. You also learn to listen to your intution which will come to protect you naturally.
Self trust is a shield in itself and also a bridge to the outer world that allows you to fully experience life. I think you know this though and I’m glad you are working on that. The inner work reflects in the outer. How we feel about ourselves reflects in our interactions with others and that is why that should be the primary focus on anyone lost in the path at first.