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Friday, February 28, 2014

The Value of Vulnerability


Vulnerability ~ an awkward word.
Messy, disconnected and frightening
Grounded in fears and ‘not good enough’
Struggling to fit wherever and with whomever

Vulnerability flattens, solidifies and opens if I stand still slowly,
clean up the mess, (and there is a mess around me today),
reconnect with life and loves a tiny bit at a time, and that starts with me!
Examine the real risks not the risks that the fear gremlin whispers softly to me.

Embrace vulnerability to recognize it’s value ~
to create colour and comfort
to restore balance and stability
to recognize reality in sunshine and darkness
to make a beautiful world that is deserved and enough.

“Vulnerabiity is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding
the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”
~ Brene Brown, 
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms 
the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead.

Link to Brene Brown on TED talks:  

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