Vulnerability Prevention

May 3

I hate the word vulnerable. I always saw it as being week and dumb. You just stop it from happening. You just quit being vulnerable.

Sometimes I think vulnerability is linked to stupidity. For example, if a man chooses to play in a sporting event and chooses not to wear a cup, he has left himself vulnerable and stupid. But that's not the only way to be vulnerable. A deer is vulnerable when it crosses a highway. The deer was in it's natural habitat. It didn't choose for the road to be put there. So who is at fault for the deer being vulnerable. And who is at fault if the deer gets hit?

What if we combined stupid vulnerability prevention with innocent vulnerable deer prevention. I'm not saying put a cup on the deer, but do find a way to protect it. You could build walls high enough on every highway that no deer could ever cross. They would be trapped to never discover things beyond their walls. Or you could build the deer a shield of armor to protect it when it does get it. So strong and so powerful that the deer would never get hurt. But that deer would also be trapped to never play or enjoy being free of the chains it bore.

So vulnerability can't and shouldn't always be prevented. I have been made vulnerable without a choice. I also choose to be extraordinarily more vulnerable than is required. Why do you think I do this? Why do you think I allow cars to hit me while I try to dodge them like bullets?

I don't always know the answer myself... All I do know is that I am very, very vulnerable.

With love,

Addison's Mommy

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Mary Rusch: One meaning of vulnerable is "in need of special care". Perhaps a person who has experienced a great loss is in need of special care. Love you.