Don’t fear being vulnerable. Be true. When you are true, primarily
to yourself and then to whatever you believe in, then you need no defense. And
nothing, no one, can touch you!
Often times in Life, we fear that people will exploit us. That
they will want to “use” our vulnerability to their advantage. While
conceptually, in a world where everyone is fighting to win at the cost of
someone else, this may appear to be true, in reality this is hardly so. The
world is not infested with blood and flesh thirsty sharks and vultures as we
imagine. But is inhabited by perfectly normal, compassionate, beautiful, loving
people__just like you and me. So, when you wear your Life on your sleeve, when
you expose your stark vulnerability, you will discover how kind people really
are.
I have often found that saying things as they are, the truth,
always helps. It may lead to people drawing different meanings from what you
say. But Life is not about inferences and interpretations. Because when you
bring in either inference or interpretation, then you are bringing in logic.
And there’s no logic to and in Life. Life is about experiences. And people are
going through experiences similar to yours, or they have already been there,
all the time.
When you are vulnerable, you are willing to face Life. And face
the consequences. Even death perhaps. When you are in that state, you are never
insecure. Insecurity comes when you fear that you will lose something __ your
position, your status, your title, your wealth, your reputation or your Life.
At times, you may fear losing someone. But if you are past that fear, then your
vulnerability is an asset, never a liability. Of course, chances are that there
may be a few exploiters who will step into the ring. But face them. When you
look them in the eye, they will step back. Exploitation cannot stand the
brilliant gaze of truth. Exploiters can never face the courageous. When someone
whose weapon is fear, recognizes you are fearless, then he or she becomes
fearful. This is how Life works!
Try this in any situation you are faced with currently. Whatever
you have wanted to say or do, if you have held it back because you thought of
yourself as becoming vulnerable, go do exactly that now. Watch what happens.
How much ever you may think it to be potentially disadvantageous, you will
always find that your being true leads the world around you to be true as well.
Remember this: you cannot live in fear, you can merely exist. To live fully,
you have to wear your Life on your sleeve.
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