Today I allow my vulnerability to show. I have walked a long road, as everyone has. I have gained a tremendous sense of self-respect for my willingness to meet the challenges of recovery – to meet my inner depths. I have learned that my greatest chance to meet my life with my insides intact is to remain vulnerable – to remain alive. I do not need to hide my real self from others anymore in order to keep from feeling pain. I can let myself show, and in this way I get the support I need and so desire. I no longer push away that which I want the most.

I can be vulnerable.

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
Stendah