And so I’ll leave you with this thought. If we’re going to find our way back to each other, vulnerability is going to be that path. And I know it’s seductive to stand outside the arena, because I think I did it my whole life, and think to myself, I’m going to go in there and kick some ass when I’m bulletproof and when I’m perfect. And that is seductive. But the truth is that never happens. And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster when you got in there, that’s not what we want to see. We want you to go in. We want to be with you and across from you. And we just want, for ourselves and the people we care about and the people we work with, to dare greatly. – Brene Brown

It’s 12 : 43 PM on day 1145 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,  brush my teeth,  read 2 Kings 3,   publish my Disability of the Day feature,  stretch my hamstrings, feed myself Bran Flakes for breakfast,   practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, change my clothes and continue reading Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof  and Sheryl WuDunn.

Yesterday I watched Listening to Shame – a Ted Talk by Brene Brown about turning a deaf ear to shame and believing you’re worthy of all good things – in the talk Brene basically says it doesn’t matter if you succeed or fail all people want to see is that you dared greatly and I agree with that if you try something and you don’t succeed it’s an experience but what do you call something you wish you did but didn’t have the courage to do. Watch Listening to Shame by Brene Brown below: