The most vulnerable thing you could possibly do
isn't share how someone's actions have hurt you.
It's not ask them for more what you've been getting.
It's not to express your feelings or to share how
your trust has been broken.
Vulnerability is none of those things.

Vulnerability is being willing to let go of the
resentment you've been carrying.
Vulnerability is breaking the cycle of making
someone else's behavior all about you, your feelings
and your experience.
Vulnerability is being willing to forgive, to be
patient, to give grace and compassion.
Vulnerability is supporting someone to become
exactly who they want to be, even if it's not who
you want them to be.
Vulnerability isn't asking but being willing to hear
a no even if it means them choosing their truth.
It's recognizing that sometimes life hurts, but
that's no reason to play small.

It's recognizing that you can handle the truth
even if it's hard. It's about putting yourself
in a position where you could be hurt. It's the
state of being open to harm, influence, or emotional
exposure. And it's core it implies openness without
guarantee of control.

Vulnerability is allowing yourself to be hurt,
not out of recklessness, but in recognition that
the rewards of life are reserved for those
who rise when knocked down, who stand for greatness
when circumstances dictate defeat, who bury the
burdens of their past before breaking the barriers
between them and their destiny, and who fight not
with hate but with love and the freedom of knowing
they've been here before.

Vulnerablilty comes from latin meaning "able to be wounded"
it is not weakness — it is capacity for contact.
To be vulnerable is to be reachable.
Any system capable of growth, connection, or love
must also be capable of being affected.

Saintsofflow
Art: All of you - Maya Luna