Sometimes when you're exposed and vulnerable, you can be lead into an open field of endless possibilities and opportunities. The ability to let yourself into that field can be daunting, and it can leave you feeling lost, insecure, and scared. However, allowing yourself into that field can create a vast network of growth points. Although vulnerability can attract dark energy, it also allows complete authenticity to prevail, and true authenticity creates a true connection with people transmitting on the same frequency.

Throughout the existence of human life, we have constantly been exposed to threats, whether it be predators, intercommunity conflicts, wars, or emotional oppression. These dangers and threats have subsequently created the ideology that being vulnerable is a sign of pure weakness, and thus people are concerned and hesitant to show any vulnerability. However, in many cases, the ability to be vulnerable is a sign of strength, as it outlines the confidence of the person in themselves. It is the confidence that this vulnerability they are allowing to be seen is there to assist in progress and growth. It is an area of themselves they see as a weak point but acknowledge and are on a pathway of trying to resolve, repair, or improve this aspect of themselves.

I think vulnerability is a powerful tool in the search for happiness. Although caution must be taken, as there are, unfortunately, people in the world who prey on these characteristics, allowing these elements of ourselves to be exposed can create avenues to explore areas of weakness we may perceive in ourselves. In the right frame and collective, these weaknesses can be worked on together with those we trust.

Over the years, I've had various moments where I have felt insecure about elements of myself. These are elements that I've always felt would be deemed as weaknesses, and subsequently, people would look down on me. However, as I've learned, others' perspectives are irrelevant, and the more confident I am in myself, the more vulnerable I can be about parts of myself that I have questioned. I've noticed that when I expose vulnerabilities, especially to somewhat strangers, they are sometimes taken back. But by allowing them to see a small private piece of me, they tend to open up more, and the connection becomes more authentic. Often, this has brought me down pathways of universal understanding and learning. Sometimes, my vulnerability has opened gateways with others that have helped me learn aspects about myself. In turn, this has improved my outlook and resolved or improved internally perceived weaknesses of myself and success in the search for happiness.

Happiness can be found in various avenues of life, and sometimes the avenues we choose may seem counterintuitive. However, if we can allow openness and transparency, and if we can allow calculated exposure to some of our vulnerabilities, we can uncover keys to doors we never knew were locked.

Thanks,

Dean