There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.
In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.
Sometimes if you expose your vulnerability, someone else will feel comforted. It's like we're all in this boat together.
I think one's relationship with one's vulnerability is a very delicate and precious relationship. Most people try to hide, disguise that vulnerability, and in doing that, you, I think, diminish a great source of power.
I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.
I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.
I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know I'm vulnerable too and each one of us is.
I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
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