When I tell people of my vulnerabilities I open the door for them to share theirs ... and when those things are shared, connections are made ... and with connections comes trust & strength & the most stupendous freedom from my past ... because I quickly realize I'm not much different from the other kids who were wounded unfairly ...
My vulnerability lends me the self-awareness & the courage to help others see that the hiding of secrets behind walls of stoic faces or masks of composure is far more confining
that simply setting such burdens free.
TRUE strength is in your VULNERABILITY, not in your ability to bite a bullet & hide in fraud.
I love you all,
BE VULNERABLE, it is the most beautiful & courageous crown you wear.
~ Alli
"How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requres the ability to be affected by the wounds of others ... but even more important is the love that arises amoung us when we share, both ways, our woundedness." - M. Scott Peck
which comes first, the courage to be vulnerable or the act of being vulnerable? It sounds like a silly question, but the courage isn't real until we act and we need not be afraid if we've never risked (and therefore never been hurt)... keep up the good work! Now come comment on mine! http://croymft.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-venture.html?m=1
ReplyDeleteThanks for that! I've never really understood the point of being vulnerable......but this opens my eyes! THanks xoxo!
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