Nice post @jerrybanfield

Vulnerability is so important. If we can't open up to our troubles, first with ourselves, and then with the world, we will always be struggling against what is bothering us.

This is something I've been working on in my own life: First of all, opening up to pain, sadness, and hurt and really feeling them all. Really being able to feel hurt, express anger and sadness, instead of bottling them up inside. Whenever I would bottle emotions in the past, they would just build up over time until I blew up, or I'd have to run, leave a relationship or a place or a job.

I'd also hide from my own darkness. Whenever I'd do something wrong I'd justify it in my mind instead of owning it as a mistake, apologizing, etc. It's a hard thing to get past, to know that you aren't acting as you think you act, to really take a hard look at the darkness inside and shine the light on it. It's painful and uncomfortable at first, but relieving after.

Thanks for posting :)