Be Vulnerable.
So this is something that I learned In my fourth semester, it was this fun elective I took called “ peer education” well it was meant for us learn how to help out peers but obviously, it didn’t because come on I can’t even help myself. I took it with the enthusiasm to work on me (don’t know when I’ll be done though). Anyways Vulnerability, a word I don’t know if any of you have thought of much but there are certain terms that might pop up like — weak, sensitive, emotional, an association to these words the world has led us believe to be a taboo, something to look down upon and hide about ourselves. It is all about perspective.
This particular lecture kind of changed how I looked at it. Vulnerability is pretty important for self-awareness, which in turn helps us introspect and self-reflect on our behaviors, actions, emotions etc. because that’s how you start working on yourself. Basically when you put yourself in this state of exposure of your shadow self, not necessarily to anyone else but your own self it leads to a path of acceptance and establishes a healthy relationship with yourself. Rather than letting these emotions, behaviors eat you up inside, it would be better if you embrace that part of yourself that you don’t like and things might as well change. I can’t say if you will take these words coming from a wise person or a crazy one but anyhow sometimes feeling like SHIT helps.
Another thing is that you don’t always have to be a know-it-all, all the time especially when you turn into an adult (something I am not yet), you can put yourself in a beginner’s stage, the square one and be vulnerable, like being a kid who knows nothing, is innocent. It lowkey takes away the pressure of being perfect, but nobody can truly be perfect either. Seriously though, you can learn new things and it is a good change in our monotonous lives.
You can put vulnerability differently in your lives and who knows how things might change. However, I don’t believe in being vulnerable in front of the wrong person because persona matters. (do you wanna go? do you wanna fly? where’s your soul? — persona.)
The point is, being vulnerable isn’t weak at all rather shows you are strong enough to accept your faults, your shadow, and it is this embracing of yourself that shifts your world view.
