Be Vulnerable

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”-C.S. Lewis

Sometimes I look back on my past, and cringe at what lies to waste. We all have our skeletons in the closet. I use to be terrified to admit to mine, thinking that people might think less of me, and cast me aside. But something beautiful happened when I chose to share my story. I was accepted. I was loved. And I was able to connect with people closest to me on an entirely different level.

Tonight at bible study, I was reminded of the importance of this vulnerability. What would happen if no one was willing to open up about their past or the problems going on in their lives? Would we ever learn anything?

Vulnerability is scary, but I believe it is necessary to grow in relationship and learn from one another. I cannot live my life with my heart locked away. I choose to love. I choose to learn. I choose to grow. I choose to be vulnerable.