Be strong, son. Keep going and never give up! Don’t be weak and give in. You’re better than this. You can’t fail…

I’ve heard those words from different people throughout my life. I’m sure others can relate to this in some way.

For me, especially, as a male, being vulnerable was out of the question. Letting down my guard was a sign of weakness. It was a way in which I could of been attacked.

So, what a surprise that when I actually had the space to be vulnerable and express how I was truly feeling. In a flash, my world changed.

I have my stories of the past, as we all do. These days they don’t make me who I am. But, for a long time, I believed they did.

I had to understand them. I had to find some logical reason for why certain things happened to me. I sought out people to help me understand. They gave me tools, solutions, and ideas to help me grasp an understanding of it all.

But, eventually, I realised that all that did was put my problems in a file. I then filed it away in my mind. I noticed that how I felt about those files never really disappeared.

I may not have had the same problems, but the same pain kept expressing itself in my life through different stories.

It’s like those files were always leaking with emotions and charges I had from the experiences.

I was amazed when, instead of trying to understand, fix, change, or improve my past experiences, that when I kept expressing into the present moment. Being totally vulnerable to how I was feeling, these emotions and charges truly started to melt away.

The very thing I was afraid of doing, being vulnerable, was actually part of me finding my own true freedom.

Too often, I find we hide. I did! I hid how I was truly feeling. I thought it’s how I survived. In truth, I was burning away inside, lost in not being able to connect with myself.

When I stopped surviving in my mind and allowed myself to feel what was already there to be felt, I started living again.

Vulnerability is the raw and beautiful door towards connecting with our true selves.

These days, I hold that door wide open. I express. I share. I’m honest with myself about how I truly feel. In doing so, the amount of love I see expressed into my world is magical. It moves through all areas of my life.

To think I lived my life any other way than this was crazy. It’s funny. Being logical before feeling is now what I see as being crazy these days.

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