February 13, 2011

Vulnerability

The susceptibility of a person…someone who lets down their guard- leaving themselves open to censure or criticism. A person’s state of being liable to succumb to manipulation, persuasion, temptation. Capable of being physically and emotionally wounded, attacked, exposed….

“At the heart of any real intimacy is a certain vulnerability. It is hard to trust someone with your vulnerability unless you can see in them a matching vulnerability and know that you may not be judged. In some basic way it is our imperfections and even our pain that draws others closer to us.” (and we also draw closer to ourself)
- Rachel Naomi Remen

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