"Vulnerability is absolutely at the core of fear, and anxiety, and shame, and very difficult emotions that we all experience. But vulnerability is also the birthplace of joy, of love, of belonging, of creativity of faith." Dr. Brene Brown
It's taken over 20 years, two children, a career change and a life-threatening medical anomaly for my heart to catch up with my head, which is sad, as that head was precocious in high school, but simply on par at middle age. But, it's a blessing that it happened at all. I've seen the dark side that is left unbalanced *it's not pretty. Finally, I can embrace vulnerability and let the fear and anxiety and shame and difficult emotions turn to face me with their joy and love and belonging and creativity and faith.
Because, who is more vulnerable than a child? A medically fragile child? And who is more joyful than that little baby girl? Her brother in the rain (the week before the foot of snow we just got).
