Vulnerability

vul·ner·a·ble: capable of being physically or emotionally wounded

What does it really mean to be vulnerable?  I thought a bit differently about it after watching this video.  Brene Brown invites people to embrace vulnerability, to kick vulnerability in the ass. What she really encourages us to do in her TED Talk is "cultivate courage."  I'm not sure you will ever find yourself comfortable in a moment of vulnerability, but what may bring you that lasting peace is the result you get from your vulnerability.  So hey, why not?

Why not take a chance on a new job, or a new city, or a new relationship.  If someone attempts to admit they were never vulnerable, they are lying to you.  We take a risk when we start friendships, jobs, or travel to new places.  Those are just a few examples.  If in our vulnerability, we make a connection to someone else or our self we are being courageous.  Brown said the original definition of courage was to "tell the story of who you are with your whole heart."  

See the problem with these connections (that we make in our vulnerable moments) is that often times we forget what connection is most important, the connection with our self.  Brown got me excited for the months ahead.  I get to connect back to myself. I get the chance to be vulnerable, to take risks.  I get to stop perfecting things, and just live. 

I can't wait.

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs 

without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25