Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I Dooooo . . .

I need to engage with others as much as I need to spend time alone.
My enthusiasm is fragile and my disappointment robust.
I trust very few people and am apprehensive of most.
I worry more about doing the wrong thing than missing a chance at the right thing.
I fear disappointment and rejection, even by those I trust.
I reduce the potential for disappointment and rejection by closing myself off to people, including those I trust.
Sometimes I have spurts of inviting people to do things with me, but the answer is too often 'no'—a kind 'no,' but 'no' nonetheless—for me to sustain them.