“As I awaken to the limits of my physical body, vulnerability is seen in a new way. Will I deny it, or will I embrace it? Will I introduce fear, or will I remember love?”
Walking the path of vulnerability is not an easy task for us. We all struggle in varying degrees with the willingness to accept and love ourselves unconditionally. Whether it’s our physical, emotional, or mental body, we sometimes refuse to recognize our breaking points. Instead, we try and control, hold on to pride and toughen up.
When we deny our vulnerability, we deny our sensitivity. We are shutting out a part of life to escape the pain of our physical existence. Yet, perhaps the pain we are avoiding is the very thing we crave. Maybe pain is the elixir that our inner alchemist brews for our redemption. Perhaps, “pain is knowledge not yet understood.”
Life holds many experiences that we sometimes don’t expect. It pushes us in ways that make us hold on to fear what will happen if we let go. It challenges us to choose and molds us in ways it wants us to grow. The tides of an ocean are not predictable but constant, for it never ceases. With that, we must learn to be like a raft on the ocean’s water, allowing the waters to take us where we are meant to travel.
Admitting our vulnerabilities is not a reflection of weakness but an expression of courage. And with courage, we stand in the light that we are imperfect information while being simultaneously perfect in potential. Through embracing who we are and leaving judgment to the side, we can allow compassion to find its way in for ourselves and others.
Namaste
