Well, we're thinking about all our habitual reactions to being vulnerable here. What would be possible for you if you were being vulnerable? What would you be powerfully creating, how would you be loving your life, if you were being vulnerable?
It occurs to me: I wonder how many people will read this thread and think, "oooohhhhh, I don't want to be vulnerable. I'm not going to post in THAT thread and be vulnerable!"
I think we have this habitual way of thinking about vulnerability: the susceptibility to being hurt or open to attack. Like that's a BAD thing.
Just to be clear, when I'm talking about generating a new way of being: being vulnerable; I'm talking about a non-traditional definition of that word. That is: being available and accepting, looking boldly for the truth in what others say about me, letting go of habitual and reactive self-protection, and feeling safe and supported, regardless of what others say or do or my own negative self-talk.
I'm not looking for a fox to eat my soft white underbelly!
edit: oh, yeah, and also being open to being hurt. Being open to the possibility that the pain has a valuable message, and is going to keep generously eating my underbelly until I get the message. Really, pain is a benefactor. (how does THAT set you off and push your buttons?!?)