I had to "phone a friend" last night to get some much needed sense knocked into me, and this is the gist of what he said...
(I'll of course use many more words because I'm great at making short stories longer than need be).
"YOU CANT SAY THE WRONG THING TO THE RIGHT PERSON!"
Is there a text that you're overthinking? A little crush that you've been hiding? Perhaps there's something that you want/need/desire and you're afraid to speak it?? Go ahead and do it! You can't say the wrong thing to the right person! The right relationship for you is co-created. The wrong people will see themselves out and the right people will make themselves apparent.
It sounds so simple and yet I know that I'm not the only person that has a tendency to overcomplicate things. Give yourself permission to speak what you want and often. ;)
That's all. It helped me and maybe it might help someone else.
And for those of you who already do this? Good on ya, you brave souls!