‎"We cannot be fully loved if we are not fully known."
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"which leaves us with a decision to make. We can either hide and protect ourselves, ensuring that although we won't be loved, we definitely wont be hurt; or we can go with something a bit more daring. We can choose another way to live — a way to live and breathe and love that’s wild and audacious.
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We can choose to have the courage to be imperfect—to be authentic—letting go of who we think we should be and allowing people to really see who we are in the places we prefer to keep hidden.
Vulnerability is choosing the daring hope that someone will see us and know us and choose to love us because of what they see—not for the show or for our perfectly styled hair."