How often in modern society there is a lack of warmth in human relationships! People crave intimacy, but the structure of the metropolis seems designed to create loneliness. A string of acquaintances, colleagues, friends and random passers-by - none of them are able to quench the thirst for intimacy. People often cite insincerity, pretense, and great distance in relationships as one of the reasons for feelings of loneliness. The formalisms that flood the life of a modern resident do not imply a great degree of frankness. Between people lies the Berlin Wall, delimiting the intimate space of personal life and the appearance in which it is necessary to appear before others in order to achieve the desired position in society. The situation is deplorable - we see a whole city of people isolated from each other, people hiding from each other in towers with walls out of formality, norms and rituals. But how else to survive in modern society, where the amount of information is excessive and success is the credo? True contact with another living being is impossible - openness leads to defenselessness. But increasing distance leads to insatiable emotional hunger. It seems to me that the desire for intimacy is permeated with despair due to confusion in understanding its components - sincerity and frankness. More than once I have come across the decadent assertion of my compatriots that sincerity and frankness are abhorrent to the structure of modern social reality. Sincerity and frankness - is it possible to place these qualities in interactions with people around you? The first step towards breaking out of the vicious circle of unsatisfactory relationships can be turning to the Big Explanatory Dictionary. In the definition of sincerity, the emphasis is on the authenticity of feelings and thoughts expressed in communication, while frankness rather implies openness, clarity of all its manifestations, obviousness and the absence of concealment of any aspects of one’s life. With such a separation of concepts, it becomes somehow easier to begin to untangle the lump of despair and powerlessness squeezing the throat. Being sincere does not mean presenting all your thoughts and feelings naked, opening all the hidden rooms of your personal life. Revelations can be excessive - do you need to know everything about the interlocutor to discuss the film? But some closeness does not contradict the expression of genuine spiritual impulses. Sometimes they just need to be put into a form that suits the current situation. It may not be a good idea to communicate your irritation at being unduly criticized in obscene terms to your boss, but using your irritation to create a strong argument in a firm tone can be quite effective.…