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Vulnerability
We often think of vulnerability as a weakness, but I have come to see it as a strength. Vulnerability is having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. I remember visiting Rome and taking a tour through the Coliseum. We learned that gladiators–usually prisoners of war, slaves or criminals–were kept locked in cells in an underground passageway and would be led up a stairway to a trap door that would snap open and leave them stranded on the ground floor in the colosseum to face their opponent and possible death. Talk about vulnerability as weakness, but maybe many of these people…
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The Silent Battle
I used to spend some of my day feeding young cats in Fort Greene Park near my old apartment.Taking care of them was one of my daily rituals. I met Christopher doing this. He is a young man who lives in a wheel chair. Half of his leg is gone. He works out with his trainer near where I fed my cats. He has a big smile and a fierce determination. Now when I look at him, I see the man and not the chair. One day we were talking about what we did. He told me he had a blog. Later that night I read his story. When he…
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An Untold Reflection
Sunset, Fort Greene Park I used to spend some of my day feeding young cats in Fort Greene Park near my previous apartment. Taking care of them was one of my daily rituals. I knew a lot of my neighbors through this action and some became good friends with me. Christopher is a young man who is in a wheel chair and half of his leg is gone. He works out with his trainer near way I fed my cats and we saw each other a lot. He is a young man with a big smile and a fierce determination. When I look at him, I see a whole young…
