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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@Harlow im pretty caged in some ways, and pretty vulnerable in others. We are probably all better at being vulnerable or caged in individual ways, based on so many personal factors.. so many. 🧡😽🥰
