Quotes about Vulnerability

I do know this: most people, myself included, are at their most vulnerable in a journal. They pour it all out. Sometimes a journal is the only ear that will listen, or at least the only one that you want to talk to.

It is a flower that sprouts and grows when others pour water upon it. I think sometimes that I spent so much time worrying about how to protect and strengthen the flower—even going so far as to graft in a new stem and root system—that I forgot to simply water it.

There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

The Bible, after all, repeatedly speaks of God as the special protector of the poor, the widow, and the orphan, without raising the question of how it happened that they became poor, widowed, or orphaned in the first place.

When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

Linux remained where he was, more comfortable with his solitary position at the table than he'd ever been before. He felt a childlike ease, so protected, so accepted he could expose his most hidden weaknesses and fears and uncertainties and know all was well, all forgiven, all blessed. The stone he had carried inside was finally dissolving. Inner wounds were now open to healing light, and the gift of hope was like an illumination around him.

I could be rearrested at any time; there could be attempts of my life. I have no idea. You are dealing with totally unpredictable people and a nation where the rule of law means nothing.

All women are the same, really: They are strong, but they are afraid of their own strength.

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.

Godly relationships flourish best between two humble people who acknowledge their weaknesses and sins and their need for grace.

Yet we are most true to our identity and calling when we live in the midst of broken people.