Vulnerable

"People find it frightening to just spend time with people who are in great pain.

      You see, a person who is in great anguish is crying out. Even if they are totally silent like you are, way down deep I can hear you crying out.

     And that cry, the cry of an anguished person, has the power to awaken the cry, the wound, the brokenness that exists inside every person.

    Every person, no matter how high up the social ladder they have climbed or no matter how valued their role is in our society, every person has a cry, a wound, a brokenness down deep inside of them.

    Thus, to be with a person who is anguished is to risk experiencing the cry that is way down deep inside each of us.”

 Anonymous.

I found reading this statement really interesting and it really resonated in my heart. I came across it when I was doing an assignment on mental health and the stigma associated with it and how people react to mental illness. Why are we so scared of being vulnerable with people, being real and going deeper than surface level? I know why, FEAR. Fear of rejection, fear of disappointment, fear of loneliness, fear or saying or doing the wrong thing…. The list goes on.

 It got me thinking about what the things are in my life that make me feel vulnerable, the things that I see as inadequacies. I think it’s important that we dig down deeper to find out what is going on inside ourselves, as it is so easy to push down and ignore.

Maybe like I have ask yourself what the things are that you are pushing down and not wanting to face? We all have them. Be secure in knowing we all have inner pain, shame and things we don’t always want to face. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t though!

 

Just something that I am thinking and working through myself so thought I would share!

 

 

Xx Katie