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What being vulnerable means

Vulnerability means uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

You might love someone, for example, and in doing so expose yourself emotionally; but you can never be certain that they'll reciprocate, thus you risk being rejected. Like any other feeling, love entails vulnerability.

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How to be vulnerable and embrace imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and courageously.

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