#vulnerability quote

[theidlespoon]

yes, i will die mad that the only way i will ever have the meaningful relationships i romanticize is if i actually open up to others and show them the dark side of my moon. i will die mad that i cannot just love and love and love without letting them love me back. i will die mad that the one thing, the one thing i want, is impossible unless i let go of the person i’ve made myself into.

[ortheaux]

“How can you let yourself be loved if you can’t be seen? Vulnerability is the path back to each other, but we’re so afraid to get on it.”

—Brené Brown, The Call To Courage 2019

[falconcara]

Naïve vulnerability says, I’ll be praised for showing up. Awake vulnerability says, I could be criticized, even ostracized. I’m showing up anyway.

—DANIELLE LAPORTE