Quotes about Vulnerability

Our disappointments in ourselves—in our lives—aren't just isolated pieces of evidence that we fall short and life is hard. No, they are the exact places where we can break secrecy with fellow humans and show up to say, "Me too. I get it. I understand. You aren't alone. Together, we can find our way home.

Rejection steals the security of all we thought was beautiful and stable and leaves us scared and fragile and more vulnerable than ever.

Make no mistake, those who are the most eager to harshly criticize others are often the ones most desperate to keep hidden their own secret sins or unresolved pain.

Lord, have mercy on all that jiggles on me. And my soul. And my obviously whacked-out brain.

If things are ever going to get better, we have to acknowledge our underbellies that fuel our unglued reactions.

When we give relational access to us, it should never lead to "less safety, less sanity, or less strengthening for the individuals in the relationship.

Dangerous desires birthed inside our unsettled disappointments are nothing but a setup for a takedown.

packages of perfection; relationships come in packages of potential.

We can call it what it is and ask God to help us. I'm tired, God. What do I do? I'm lonely, God. What do I do? I'm mad, God. What do I do? I'm insecure, God. What do I do? I'm frustrated, God. What do I do? Outward expressions are internal indications.

it comes to my struggles with feeling unglued.

As long as I suspect that honesty's intention is to expose me and hurt me, it will always feel like a dangerous thing.

Honesty wanted me to bring the core of who I believe I am and hold it up to the light of what's really true. And there's not a soul alive who will find perfect alignment there. Not. One.