Vulnerable

The word ‘vulnerable’ was appearing around me, in my books, in people’s speech, in the videos I was watching, a week or two ago, and I of course, started thinking about the word, it’s appearing in front of me, so maybe I should ponder it, but I never made the time. Here we are today, I’m making the time to flesh out, the word ‘vulnerable.’ Today we’re going to define ‘vulnerable,’ expand on the impact of the word, and when the word can specifically apply to your life. After procrastinating on defining a word -- yes these are the things I procrastinate on -- I realized that I didn't have a post idea this week, and remembered about the word, 'vulnerable.' Then while I was in the bathroom, I defined the word, and here we are. I think the definition I provide today is one of the few where I don't copy and paste the google definition and say, "that's about it." The diction of the google definition I disagree with. Getting to the point though, vulnerable is a state in which you are susceptible to pain. Where Google goes wrong, is they say attack, not pain. The reason I disagree is that, vulnerability makes your defenses go down; when your defenses are up you are still able to be attacked, you just will be defending it. When your defenses are down however, those attacks will harm you, they will cause you pain, and being vulnerable, physically or mentally, will make it so that you are susceptible to pain from the attack of an outside force -- sometimes an inside force. My definition is further supported by the fact that the origin of the word is Latin and it's vulnerare, which means to wound, not to attack, to wound; take that Google. This word, I felt, when it was appearing in my life for about a week, I didn't have to cerebrate much to find the impact and applications of the word. You see, vulnerability is not a word that I believe is used to wholly describe a person. Vulnerability occurs within almost everyone in one way or another, usually however, within the mind, there is always a soft spot in people, a place where they are, vulnerable. Somewhere, an area that if it is attacked correctly, will cause immense pain, remember however, there are levels of vulnerability. a weak vulnerability, and a strong vulnerability, strong meaning attacks are more likely to cause pain. The question now is... is vulnerability positive or negative? I'll answer that question by going into how vulnerability personally affects you. As previously stated, there's a part in everyone that is a vulnerable point in their visceral mind. Everyone includes you and me, and I will say that this is positive and negative. Being vulnerable can be a positive thing; a lot of times, sometimes when you want to engage in rhetoric, when you want or need certain things to transpire, you must be vulnerable, you must take that risk at times, just like when you're aiming for success in your life, risks will be taken. The negative side is that susceptibility to pain, if your risk goes wrong, then you will feel it, sometimes less than other times, but you will feel the pain if you are attacked while you are vulnerable, especially when it is a visceral attack. If that happens you must hold your ground, and keep yourself from capitulating, whatever that may mean for your specific situation. Be strong, and be sensitive, vulnerability, and defense have a balance, just like everything within the universe, make sure you maintain that balance. Don't forget to be vulnerable. That's the end. It perplexes me how I turn a single word into a five paragraph post, and then people read them, but here we are, so thank you. Other than that, we defined vulnerability, talked about how the world impacts people, and how it applies to your life. Hopefully, this was a satiating post, have a wonderful week, I'll see you the next, peace.

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