[Vulnerability & Power - III]
If we deny the pain now, it will continue to silently grow. Like our portfolio, we’ll eventually pass it onto our kids.
If we numb the pain now, it will worsen with time and we won’t feel its effects. We’ll inflict it on others, addicted to our means of numbing and numb to how it hurts those around us.
If we deny the pain exists, we will deny the very empathic gift that it has to offer, and then we will grow colder and more distant to those around us.
Not facing the pain inside blocks our ability to healthfully engage the people we love most. Exposure to others begins with exposure to ourselves.
