Vulnerability.

Showing vulnerability is a form of strength.

Just yesterday, this topic came up during our conversation and I thought its quite a meaningful topic to talk about. The question was, do you think that showing vulnerability in front of others is a form of strength or weakness?

Maybe it is more prevalent in men or even the older generations but it seems that they have this brave front to put up keep up which denies them from showing their vulnerable side to others. They deem it as a sign of weakness and they think that others will take advantage of them if the opportunity arises. Nevermind they put up a front, they expect that their loved ones to know that they care about them even when their actions are saying otherwise. Egotistical even.

Personally, I don’t think this kind of behavior is constructive because I feel that there are many repercussions if this kind of behavior perpetuates in the future generations to come. We have been raised by generations and generations of tough love acts that has molded us into behaving somewhat just like them. Being a child raised in such an environment has taught me many things like being independent and whatnot but it has also deprived me from being able to express my emotions properly, making me less empathetic than others even. It is a flaw that I have to deal with and slowly improve myself but I feel that to show your vulnerable side to others gives you more strength than harm. There’s no need to pretend that you can do it all in front of others, we are all human and whether you like it or not, we need each other to reach our goals in one way or another.

So, when people laugh at our younger generation and say that they cannot take challenges, yes that is true but at least they admit that they are not perfect and they try their best to make up for it. It is because they are willing to admit that they have flaws instead of putting up a brave front like the many generations before us, that they are able to seek help and help to make the world a less hostile place. I mean can you imagine your grandfather even considering getting into stranger’s car for a lift or would he rather be wary and drive his own vehicle or even hire a cab for that matter? I think somewhere we started to break some of the boundaries that we were previously not allowed to due to the red tapes introduced by our predecessors.

Have you seen the world we live in lately? We are living in the 21^st century for fucks sake, its about we made some changes to these toxic behaviors and better ourselves for future generations to come ain’t it?