Power of Vulnerability



Power of Vulnerability

Introduction

This paper will discuss the lecture of Brene Brown on the power of vulnerability, who is a Researcher in Humanities and Professor at the University Of Houston Graduate College Of Social Work. She gave the lecture. In this paper, the author has described the importance of vulnerability in a person's life. She has also discussed on the fact that we as human beings, always try to be lawyers for our own mistakes. However, when it comes to the other people, we become the judges and never forgive them which is wrong.

Discussion

Brene Brown has discussed over the power and value of vulnerability in a storytelling manner. She has argued that when we think we cannot avoid the vulnerability associated with a negative concept, it is a perfectly logical trend if we approach the root meaning of this term which means, on the one hand wound and on the other possibility. That means the possibility of injury. However, what if we stopped with just the part of its meaning? What mental association with the word possibility would be realized? Well, the fact that we are vulnerable is not as bad as we might think it has some positive aspects.

Firstly, it is scientifically proven that people who contract diseases (such as sexually transmitted infections) are those who feel less vulnerable. This is explained because our poor perception of our own vulnerability makes us assume risk behaviors. On the contrary, if we assume that we have as much chance of getting sick as anyone else, probably we will take all necessary measures to protect ourselves (Bertodano, 2012).

A popular saying states that "we know what we have until we lose” and vulnerability would be a sense that allows us to appreciate whatever we have now. In other words, knowing that we are vulnerable to something (no matter in question) will help us evaluate our present situation and we would be able to live every moment with full dedication. If we assume that we are vulnerable (and if we were to consider only a small portion of the risks we take in every day) we would learn that the "here and now" is all we have to be happy.

Similarly, vulnerability, rather than being a state that must hide from the society which through the centuries has taught us that we must be "strong" and not show "weaknesses", could become a ...