To be vulnerable, you risk a real possibility of being hurt, sometimes deeply. To be afraid, and you stay guarded, guaranteed to not experience living fully, and connecting completely to the world, both within, and around us. To protect from potential pain and sorrow, is to numb yourself from experiencing beauty and possibility.
There is no right or wrong. Each has its place. Each is necessary even. When one gets out of balance with the other, things get unhealthy. But even unhealthy can lead us to somewhere we need to go personally. So the question always remaims, is feeling all of what life has to offer, the unpredictability and true beauty of living, worth the risk of getting harmed in the process of opening yourself to it.
Somedays, we all answer with a yes, and others, with a no. Only we know which is what we need most in this very moment.
[My friend magenta inspired this musing via her recent post]
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Eh.. i’m not a fan of the dichotomy. Huge difference between experiencing life as if everything is a tiger to be fearful of versus assessing and choosing not to engage in masochism, inviting re-traumatization. Huge difference between developing meaningful connections with people you can have healthy bonds, being gradually vulnerable over time or taking a risk on an endeavor because you’ve been building the skills / knowledge etc to improve your odds vs just.. strolling down dark alleys over and over wondering why bad things keep happening 🤔😅
@WhateverWorks i agree 100 percent.. i dont see out views at odds at all.. i think its kind of a forest vs trees thing. Thank you for zooming in.. i really think it adds the other side to the coin i attempted to show. 🙏💙
