"Vulnerability" by Meagan G

       Being vulnerable is one of the hardest things to do in our world today. It can be seen as
weak, but it is the complete opposite. It makes us feel brave when communicating with friends or family about what fears and what doubts we have, and we can get the reassurance we need. Vulnerability should be celebrated because that courage to be open with people, bring us together and have a stronger relationship with the ones we care about most. Having this quality can have more of an impact on us, and we can use it to relate to one another and have a bond like no other. This quality also allows us to be more sympathetic to others because we never know how much people are actually going through unless they tell us.
      Personally, this trait has made me closer to my mom and us having to work our differences out by talking without having a screaming match. We try to understand that both of us are under stress, especially in the past couple of months, where it has been more stressful than normal. It puts us into a good place with each other once everything is said and done, and we try to laugh it off and do something that makes us both happy.
      It’s not something everyone wants to do, which is understandable, but proving to yourself that you can do it makes it easier. By sharing those parts of you, it helps you grow into who you are and you develop skills that are essential to living, like compassion and understanding for

people who are going through things just like you are. ​“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”, this quote by Criss Jami, an American poet, displays exactly that it is okay to show the weakness because then can be proven as a strength. Strength is another reason for people to be vulnerable to others. This is because it shows that you can improve yourself with people guiding you through it. In a way, both that person and yourself learn and reassure each other that the world won’t fall apart, even if it seems like it at the moment.
      It is also something that makes you able to trust others more. By having that person to confide in that time of need, you start to have more trust towards people and the other way around. It is a natural way to share a bond deeper than others, since that person you give that information to already has a level of trust in some sort of way. This can put into perspective how much someone really means to you because of the sensitive information you tell them in order to be vulnerable. These are two keys to growing as a person in this world. Without this trait, people could be without compassion and trust, which are factors to successful relationships. The vulnerable side of a person is what helps people bond and create a new understanding of each other.