I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing. I feel very lucky to have a definitive moment where I know everything shifted in me, and it was the moment I read that quote. Because I thought, A. That's everything I know about vulnerability. It's not winning, it's not losing, it's showing up and being seen. B. That's who I want to be.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few.

Lean into the discomfort of the work.