Beyond the Reef

Vulnerability,Brené Brown says it’s uncertainty, risk, emotional exposure—but it feels to me like standing barefootat the edge of the sea,where the sand still remembers my nameand the water does not.Lately, the tides have changed.What once felt like a gentle shorelinenow asks me to swim—past the protective reef,past what is familiar,into waters that are deep, dark,andContinue reading “Beyond the Reef”

Authentic Love

Authentic love, a paradox in itself, is found in vulnerability. Vulnerability is like stripping yourself naked before the Other and the other, opening our hearts, minds, souls and bodies, revealing the rawness of our Graced imperfection. The Other sees our Graced imperfection, a beauty marked by wrinkles, cracks, brokenness, and wounds. The Other sees theContinue reading “Authentic Love”

Complexity of Relationship

Relationships are not fixed like lifeless statues.   Rather, they are organic, fluid, and moveable, able to change, existing like a conveyor belt on a continuum, constantly shifting and evolving.  We are either hated or loved, accepted or rejected, or we experience relationships at some point between these extremes.  Some people love us, and othersContinue reading “Complexity of Relationship”