{"id":47407,"date":"2008-08-12T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veronikakloucek.com\/?p=47407"},"modified":"2023-09-14T08:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:07:33","slug":"vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veronikakloucek.com\/vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_post_title categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_placement=”above” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ title_level=”h2″ meta_font=”||on||||||” meta_text_color=”#333333″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Almost always it seems easier to not pluck up the courage and deep dive into vulnerability. Almost always this constitutes a great loss of true strength. Staying on top of our own vulnerability makes access to empathy and compassion difficult; two qualities desperately needed on this planet.<\/p>\n

Bluebird<\/h3>\n

by Charles Bukowski<\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bluebird in my heart that
<\/em>Wants to get out
<\/em>But I\u2019m too tough for him,
<\/em>I say, stay in there, I\u2019m not going
<\/em>To let anybody see
<\/em>You.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bluebird in my heart that
<\/em>Wants to get out
<\/em>But I pour whiskey on him and inhale
<\/em>Cigarette smoke
<\/em>And the whores and the bartenders
<\/em>And the grocery clerks
<\/em>Never know that
<\/em>He\u2019s
<\/em>In there.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bluebird in my heart that
<\/em>Wants to get out
<\/em>But I\u2019m too tough for him,
<\/em>I say,
<\/em>Stay down, do you want to mess
<\/em>Me up?
<\/em>You want to screw up the
<\/em>Works?
<\/em>You want to blow my book sales in
<\/em>Europe?<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a bluebird in my heart that
<\/em>Wants to get out
<\/em>But I\u2019m too clever, I only let him out
<\/em>At night sometimes
<\/em>When everybody\u2019s asleep.
<\/em>I say, I know that you\u2019re there,
<\/em>So don\u2019t be
<\/em>Sad.
<\/em>Then I put him back,
<\/em>But he\u2019s singing a little
<\/em>In there, I haven\u2019t quite let him
<\/em>Die
<\/em>And we sleep together like
<\/em>That
<\/em>With our
<\/em>Secret pact
<\/em>And it\u2019s nice enough to
<\/em>Make a man
<\/em>Weep, but I don\u2019t
<\/em>Weep, do
<\/em>You?<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.1″ min_height=”46px” custom_margin=”||0px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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