HELIOS # Setting the Sails of the Sun

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“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." — Douglas Adams
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VULNERABILITY IS NOT

A weakness,
a passing indisposition,

Or something we can arrange
to do without

Vulnerability is not
a choice .

VULNERABILITY IS

The underlying,
ever present

And abiding undercurrent
of our natural state.

To run from vulnerability
is to run from the essence
of our nature,

The attempt to be invulnerable
is the vain attempt to become something
we are not and most especially,

To close off our understanding
of the grief of others.

More seriously,
in refusing our vulnerability
we refuse the help needed
at every turn of our existence

And immobilize the essential, tidal
and conversational
foundations of our identity.

To have a temporary,
isolated sense of power
over all events and circumstances,

Is a lovely illusionary
privilege

And perhaps
the prime and most beautifully constructed
conceit

Of being human
and especially
of being youthfully human,

But
it is a privilege
that must be surrendered

With that same youth,
with ill health,
with accident,

With the loss
of loved ones
who do not share
our untouchable powers

Powers
eventually
and most emphatically

Given up,
as we approach
our last breath.

The only choice we have
as we mature is

How we inhabit our vulnerability,
how we become larger

And more courageous
and more compassionate
through our intimacy with disappearance,

Our choice is to inhabit vulnerability
as generous citizens
of loss,

Robustly and fully,
or, conversely,

As misers and complainers,
reluctant and fearful,

Always at the gates of existence,
but never bravely and completely
attempting to enter

Never wanting to risk
ourselves,

Never walking
fully

Through the open
door.

[ David Whyte ]

Owning our story
can be hard, but

Not nearly as difficult
as spending our lives
running from it.

Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky
but not nearly as dangerous

As giving up on love
and belonging and joy—

The experiences that make us
the most vulnerable."

-- Brené Brown

* spring simply sprung *

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“So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.” — Douglas Adams

To the amazing , breath-taking wonderful hero
my sister truly is , every single day .

keep strong & your spirits up

[ Wholeheartedness being the antidote to exhaustion ]

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