Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
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In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.
It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.
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.
Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.
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.
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.
The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.
I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.
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.
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.
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