Vulnerability...

It's amazing how much of ourselves we lock away.

You can live your entire life with bruises and cuts on your heart and soul, without ever even realizing they are there.

We lock it away because we don't want to face the things that have held us back. We don't want to bother with the time, the pain and the emotional vulnerability that is needed to really be healed and healthy.

Why is it such a weakness to be vulnerable? To others, to ourselves?

As I referenced in my last blog, it's about perspective. We see vulnerability as being open to getting hurt. Vulnerability almost always has a negative connotation to it.

What about being vulnerable to love and be loved? Or vulnerable enough to reach down inside of our souls and show people the ingredients of what makes us who we are?

So people may not accept us for who we are.

But the freedom that comes from that kind of vulnerability is priceless.

Those who matter will not only accept you, but will be inspired to do the same. And that is how lives are changed.