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posted November 16, 2014 at 12:32am UTC tagged with
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I change with the seasons.
I may be bright, balmy like the eternally sunshine-warmed days of summer.
I may be sugary sweet like spring, pink and rich with new life and smelling of all the foliage that will be soon to blossom.
I may use ice to viscously rip your skin into confetti, or simply wither and die like all that occurs during wintertime.
Or maybe I will cry heavy rainstorms like autumn, and attempt to kill all that dares to live in my wilting presence.
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People so often confuse vulnerability with weakness. They believe that being vulnerable is being naïve, is standing on a ledge, closing your eyes, and falling, blindly into people and relationships.
But what they don’t understand, is that being vulnerable is the strongest thing you can be.
Vulnerability is opening your eyes and being honest with yourself. It is seeing the weakest, most fragile parts of yourself and acknowledging them, owning them. It is realizing your imperfections, your fears, and your desires. It is staring your past in the face and deciding that despite what has happened to you, you will continue to be open to people and experiences. You won’t let the world make you hard.
Vulnerability is choosing love. Choosing love again and again. It is knowing that you may be hurt, you may get broken, but you are allowing yourself to experience the most wonderful parts of life. And that’s truly beautiful.
Vulnerability is doing things that terrify you. It is opening up to people. It is giving others the opportunity to know you, the real you. And letting go of the fear of what they might find. It is giving yourself the opportunity for real, authentic relationships. Relationships that matter, that mean something.
Vulnerability is doing things that terrify you so that you can grow, experience, and flourish. It is not backing away from things because they’re new or unknown or scary. But embracing what the world has to offer, without holding back.
Vulnerability is power, is second chances, is giving yourself the best life you can.
Vulnerability is what makes us human. So please, don’t be afraid of it.
Don’t be afraid to peel back your layers, to grab hold of what makes you nervous, to open yourself to love, even after the door’s been closed.
Don’t be afraid to forgive, to let go of your past, to bring in the new and to celebrate yourself, your life.
Vulnerability is strength. And you, honey, are resilient.
—Marisa Donnelly
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BEING TENDER and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep… feel it all – look around you – all of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability… To be alive is to be vulnerable.