There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

An aerial IED would be another indication of the enemy's innovation and creativity.

I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity to name a few.

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment's notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow - that's vulnerability.