Treading (Conduct) in Love

Something touchy is underfoot — a sensitive topic, a difference in temperament or standing, a partner's raw nerve — and the relationship's safety depends on how you walk. Approach with simplicity and genuine care rather than strategy; don't provoke what should be left to settle, and don't tiptoe so fearfully that nothing true gets said. The deeper counsel: your long-standing attitudes made some of this ground delicate. Improve the situation by gradually improving yourself, and release the old inner lawsuits — the vindictive, controlling residue that keeps old wounds fresh.

You may be drawn to someone out of your usual orbit — different world, different pace, intimidating in some way. The difference itself isn't the danger; presumption is. Proceed with light feet: genuine, unpretentious interest carries you where performance and overreach get bitten. Know your actual readiness too — line 3's one-eyed man believes he sees, and charges. Better the simple conduct of line 1: plain, unhurried, wanting little — the walker who carries nothing passes everywhere.