I just want cross country to be over
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There are so many people out there today who live in fear, fear of being who they are. They are afraid of what other people will think of them. They are content with what they have in that they don’t want to go through the change necessary to fully let loose and be them. When people step out of the realm of fear and contentment to being vulnerable and able to love and be loved they are going to experience trials and hardships. The “friends” they’ve had may not be with them anymore. The friends may reject the new you. But this new you isn’t really new. It’s, in a way, the old you finally coming to the surface. If you’re friends can’t see that and don’t accept you for finally being you then they aren’t friends worth keeping and when, if, you let them go you will soon come to realize that there are people in this world capable of truly loving YOU. The real you not the face you put on for others. It takes courage for one to be vulnerable.
By being vulnerable you are setting yourself up for heartbreak, burden, and sadness. You are also setting yourself up for love, joy, compassion, acceptance, and connection. Being this open with yourself will allow you to grow closer to others, this is a necessary part of living. “We function more coherently and responsibly when we are not isolated and are part of a group.”(Adviser) Having a group of friends, being part of a team, or part of a group is what humans are made for. We thrive off interaction. The most sincere and gratifying interaction is when both parties are vulnerable and completely and utterly open to each other. “I’m just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I’m alive.”(Brown) By being vulnerable, yes, you may get hurt, but only by being this way can you truly experience the full spectrum of emotions. By choosing not to feel the bad stuff in life (sadness, heartbreak, depression, and trials) you are, in effect, choosing not to feel all the good stuff too. “You can’t numb those hard feelings without numbing the affects, our emotions. You cannot selectively numb. So when we numb those, we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.” (Brown) So by choosing to not be vulnerable and live in a little shell for your entire life you are choosing to never be fully happy.
