I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.

I don't just want someone who says they love me; I want someone who practices that love for me every day.

I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.... Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.