We have been taught to suppress timidity.

We have been shown that society values confidence, courage and volume.

I don't argue these to be inherently wrong, bad or useless.

But consider two ways of entering a field at dusk.

In the first, you run into the open, screaming, your focus locked on the ground so as not to fall. You fear the darkness and the vastness, so you act as a conqueror, attempting to dominate your environment. You then find yourself alone.

In the second, you stand at the edge of the field, curious, with your eyes looking forward. You walk slowly to a spot where you can be still and simply observe. You wait just long enough for the world to grow comfortable with your presence. You then find yourself amongst noisy crickets, hungry owls, birds making their way home, and a complex biological system that would take a thousand lifetimes to begin to understand.