#vulnerability

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #responsibility #violence #vulnerability #life

The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way. ↗

— Tara Brach

#intimacy #kindness #listening #truth #vulnerability

When you love someone, truly love them, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt-you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it’s crippling-like having your heart carved out. ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#devil #may #vulnerability #love

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#love #vulnerability #love

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything. ↗

— Christine Feehan

#love #vulnerability #love

Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am. ↗

— Manuel Alegre

#poetry #vulnerability #weapon #love

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. ↗

— Brené Brown

#creativity #innovation #vulnerability #change

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#person

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#children

Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open. ↗

— Stephen Russell

#taoism #vulnerability #beauty