BarbLeon

Shyness can be a strength, so long as you are willing to overcome it when you need to. So if you browse through my gallery, you don't see a lot of shots of Ocelots. It's not for lack of trying, they are just very elusive animals. In the wild this is necessary for survival; stealth allows you to sneak up on prey and being shy and cautious keeps you from becoming prey yourself. Though there has to be a balance; the cat that never leaves it's den can't hunt and the cat that rushes in without fear tends to end up as someone else's lunch. Though it's less a matter of life or death in the human world, shyness can have the same strengths and weakn