The power of vulnerability - Brene Brown

[zestfive]

I believe my friend mplsindygirl  posted this, I didn't watch it immediately I figured when I did I would have to sit on it a bit...and even though I did watch it, I'm still going to have to sit with it and mull it before I've got my thoughts on it. For those deep thinkers that may watch it, I'm interested in your thoughts...  I hope to have coffee with mplsindygirl before too long and we can talk about this.

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[ignusfaatus.livejournal.com]

it's not new news but it had a huge impact on me. Someone finally had the balls to pull "shame" out of the mud polish it off and call it a sign of beauty.

and that feels right to me

[mplsindygirl.livejournal.com]

How about Friday?

[helios137.livejournal.com]

I loved her! Thanks for sharing. She mentioned one’s willingness to do something first. It is the willingness to put yourself out there. If there’s an argument with your partner/spouse, it’s the willingness to forgive first. Or the willingness to acknowledge that one’s spouse/partner is correct in the argument. She also talked about vulnerability which is the willingness to expose ourselves to danger, with the understanding that we are shooting for a deeper and broader degree of love and joy in that relationship.

It is only when we are willing to place ourselves out there that we can reach the greatest possibilities in our life. Here’s a poem by Kahlil Gibran which discusses the need to open ourselves up as much as possible, even though it means lowering our shields.

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

[cluelessinchi.livejournal.com]

Impressive! I put it into *Memories* so that I can listen again.