Adventures of a Spiritual Warrior

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Vulnerability is powerful.

Vulnerability is powerful.

There are certain moments in life that we do not forget. What do you remember?

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Rachel Clifton
Aug 09, 2020
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There are certain moments in life that we do not forget. And there are certain moments in life that at the time we think we will remember, yet soon cease to have relevance.

Can you tell the difference?

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It’s funny — as I learn more about myself and the world around me, and have the courage to step into myself and love myself more deeply, I see so starkly that so much of what I believed (or perhaps feared) to be true is and was a complete fallacy.

I also realise that personal power is directly connoted with how vulnerable you are willing to be — first and foremost with yourself.

I feel blessed to be at a point in myself and my life where I am able to say that I back myself to a hilt.

No, I am not perfect. Yes, I make mistakes. But I believe, to the core of my being, that I am a basically good person. And that’s what makes all the difference.

Descartes — “I think, therefore I am”.

The mind is powerful. And there is power in vulnerability, too. So much power.

And …

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