Do not try to choose one face over the other. Instead, stand in the middle. Let the forward face give you courage. Let the backward face give you depth. And recognize that the tension between them is not a problem to be solved, but the very energy of a life fully lived.
Janus was the god of the liminal —the space in between. Desire operates in this exact same territory. We live in the "in-between" of wanting and having. janus two faces of desire
The second face of Janus-like desire is often rooted in nostalgia, obsession, or the "shadow" self. When desire looks backward or inward too intensely, it becomes: Do not try to choose one face over the other