Showing posts with label vulnerability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vulnerability. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2019

The Strength of Vulnerability; The Power of Gentleness

"Staying vulnerable is the risk we have to take if we want to experience connection."

"Courage starts by showing up and letting ourselves be seen."

"Vulnerability is not weakness... The uncertainty, risk, emotional exposure we face everyday are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our own vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection."
(Brene Brown)

So often we don our favorite facade and
off we go being the person we wish we were;
while hiding the person we really are.

What is this fear of revealing our true selves?
Why does it feel more safe to show a false front?
To show up as a stranger to ourselves and to those around us?