Vulnerability

Yo,

So, it's nearly Christmas and I've been knitting a lot, so I'm running out of things that I actively want to watch while knitting, and aside from Beautiful Bones -- Sakurako's Investigation (excellent anime!), and the people I am subscribed to on youtube, and the new digimon anime (not very good in my opinion), I've needed to find some new things. Today I started watching some TED talks.

The first couple were about apleoanthropology and the origins of man and stuff like that related to cave paintings and Salem. The next was about public health and wealth distribution inequality and stats. Then I got to one that I had seen a couple times before, so I was about to skip over it. But I decided to watch it anyways.

It is titled "The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown". Feel free to watch it now before I spoil any of it. It is WELL worth your 18 minutes. I rarely, like really, RARELY rewatch anything. Seriously, I just liked the video and added it to a new public playlist called 'favourites' and I will very very likely watch it again.







I think there's a whole lot of great things that Dr. Brown says in her talk. Like a lot. Many things that cut me to my heart. Things that I 100% relate to in her own story. And so much of it I see as very biblical too. Loving yourself and others because of the worth Christ has shown us and grace He has given us. I find it very difficult to allow for uncertainty in what I do. And owning up to weakness keeps me distanced from others.

So ya, really great talk. May God help me to be more vulnerable and to experience His joy and goodness without numbing out all emotions.

"you know what, you're imperfect and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging"

D.Fa