Brene Brown
gave a wonderful ‘TED Talk’ in December 2010 on why vulnerability is critical
to our happiness. She says far too many of us suffer from feelings of
unworthiness, shame and fear. So she asked herself a question: ‘How do the
whole hearted live?’ What are their priorities? She found three dominant values: The courage
to be imperfect, the compassion to be kind to ourselves and others and the
authenticity to make connections where there are no guarantees. Brown says we need to embrace our
vulnerability and see that it is necessary and beautiful. What we don’t need is
a thick skin to numb emotion. We can’t
be sensitive to some things and insensitive to others. We can’t control
uncertainty. To be vulnerable is to be tender, to stop pretending to be this or
that. To have the courage to say: ‘I am enough.’
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