Vulnerability

"If we are not comfortable with our own vulnerability, we cannot receive the vulnerability of another person fully and emotional intimacy is blocked...." "And here lies the bulk of the problem within human relationships. The false ego protects us from the vulnerabilities we don't wish to address, let alone express, but its a 'false sense of security' because until we have learned to do both of those things with a deep sense of earnestly, we are only experiencing a small fraction of ourselves and others we love - holding on to these things prevent the full expression of emotional intelligence and spiritual growth."

~M. Ryan