Quotes About Authenticity

Madeleine L'Engle: "When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability.

We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

I finally realized that trying to outrun and outsmart vulnerability and pain is choosing a life defined by suffering and exhaustion.

Too many lonely and secret lives.

cultivating the courage to be imperfect, to set boundaries, and to allow ourselves to be vulnerable;

behaviors. I finally realized that trying to outrun and outsmart vulnerability and pain is choosing a life defined by suffering and exhaustion.

When we stop numbing and start feeling and learning again, we have to reevaluate everything, especially how to choose loving ourselves over making other people comfortable.

choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance. Choosing to live and love with our whole hearts is an act of defiance.

when we numb the dark, we also numb the light.

our worthiness, that core belief that we are enough, comes only when we live inside our story. We either own our stories (even the messy ones), or we stand outside of them—denying our vulnerabilities and imperfections, orphaning the parts of us that don't fit in with who/what we think we're supposed to be, and hustling for other people's approval of our worthiness. Perfectionism is exhausting because hustling is exhausting. It's a never-ending performance.

In terms of teaching our children to dare greatly in the "never enough" culture, the question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable.

Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line.

Society has taught us that vulnerability is synonymous with weakness—but it's just the opposite. Vulnerability is the willingness to show up and be seen by others in the face of uncertain outcomes. There's not a single act of courage that doesn't involve vulnerability.

Sometimes choosing being real over being liked is all about playing it unsafe.

The perception that vulnerability is weakness is the most widely accepted myth about vulnerability and the most dangerous.

You might say "I love you" every day, but when's the last time you had a serious conversation with someone about the meaning of love?

She said, "Let your face speak what's in your heart. When they walk in the room my face says I'm glad to see them. It's just as small as that, you see?

I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred.

To feel is to be vulnerable. Believing that vulnerability is weakness is believing that feeling is weakness. And, like it or not, we are emotional beings.

Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

vulnerability.

To believe vulnerability is weakness is to believe that feeling is weakness.

É incrível a quantidade de energia que gastamos tentando evitar esses territórios difíceis da alma, quando eles são os únicos que podem nos libertar.