“God doesn't expect us to perform for him. He loves us always-when we're disappointed or hurt or making a mess of things. Sometimes we speak to him in a language that only he can understand. What matters to him is that we are vulnerable, that we are completely ourselves. We are work, too, but God cherishes us.” SometimesMatterGodSpeakLanguageHurtVulnerableMessCherishDisappointedWhat Matters Book:The Joyful Journey Source: The Joyful Journey
“The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike, where it hurts. It knows the vulnerable spot, and life does not, our friends and lovers do not, because seldom do they have the imagination equal to the task.” KnowsDoeImaginationHurtLoversEqualTasksStrikesSpotsVulnerableTortureDemonIt HurtsInventingLovers And Friends Author:Anais Nin
“I feel very vulnerable when it has to do with family. Having lost my mom, who I was so extremely close to, now I feel so vulnerable when somebody gets sick or hurt. I become a complete wreck until they're well. Even if it's a cold! I compare myself to Marlin in Finding Nemo.” IfsFeelsWellsLostHurtMomColdFindingsSickMy MomVulnerableCompareWrecksNemo Author:Nancy O'Dell
“I think that being vulnerable is about feeling helpless, or powerless... it's about allowing myself to be in a place where I could be hurt.” ThinkingFeelingsHurtVulnerableAllowingHelplessPowerless Author:Sadie Calvano
“Today, I wanted to spend some time reading and responding to comments of fans on my Facebook page. Yes, there are great comments, but there are also a lot of people who are very opinionated and judgmental. So, initially, when I read these judgmental comments, I don't feel vulnerable, but rather I get defensive. But once I get past that anger, it sort of becomes hurt. It becomes pain.” PeopleFeelsTodayWantedPainPastReadingHurtFansPagesVulnerableCommentRespondingJudgmentalOpinionatedFacebook Page Author:Matisyahu
“I don't expect that the president-elect [Donald Trump] will follow exactly our blueprint or our approach, but my hope is that he does not simply take a real-politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we just cut some deals with Russia, even if it hurts people or even if it violates international norms, or even if it leaves smaller countries vulnerable or creates long-term problems in regions like Syria, that we just do whatever is convenient at the time.” PeopleIfsKnowsLongDoeRealCountryProblemPresidentTermHurtDealsCuttingTrumpApproachInternationalRussiaVulnerableLong TermRegionsSyriaIt HurtsNormConvenientBlueprints Author:Barack Obama
“Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the vulnerable sense. And then outside of that, no one gets too hurt by it.” PersonsActorsFunHurtCreativeVulnerableGambleCreative Person Author:Emma Stone
“If you're making yourself vulnerable in your writing, then they know where to hurt you, which is extra fun. I had to develop coping mechanisms on the fly, and slowly it got better, to the point where now I barely notice. I'm like an old, gnarly turtle now. The interaction with the troll who impersonated my dad made me start to understand who these people are, and I figured out, in a really profound way, that happy people don't do this. It's hard to feel afraid of someone when you pity them.” PeopleWritingFunHurtDadProfoundMy DadPityVulnerableExtrasCopingHappy PeopleTroll Author:Lindy West
“Most people are hurt deeply by betrayals in relationships. It might be better to really get up against and sort of contact that caring, and maybe take a more loving stance even with your own pain, and keep your feet moving towards what you really want, because the cost in terms of intimacy and connection and caring that comes when you try not to be vulnerable, when you're constantly looking out for betrayals of trust, is too great. It makes it very hard to have relationships of the kind that you really want. One, look where the pain is. Flip it over; you'll find that's where the values are.” PeopleTryingKindPainMovingValuesTermHurtCaringBetrayalVulnerableIntimacyOver You Author:Steven C. Hayes