Posts Tagged "knowing who you are"

Being Vulnerable

Posted by Kathleen on Jun 9, 2011 | 0 comments

Even typing the word vulnerable puts me into a quiet, soft mood—not normally the way most people would describe me. In a world where we are taught that harm lurks around every corner and we need to watch our backs, the last thing we want is to be vulnerable. Yet, what kind of world have we created when each of us is constantly on guard, wary of the next assault? Webster’s defines vulnerability as “capable of being physically or emotionally wounded,” or “open to attack or damage.” Who in the world wants that? In searching further for deeper meanings for vulnerability I scrolled down to synonyms and found a few that seemed closer to what I had been looking...