Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love.
Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.
There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.