| Anne Williamson |

A friend this week wrote a beautiful reflection on social media on how being a mother had changed her. She spoke of learning to “dig deep when I think I have nothing left to give… and I find depths and resources I never knew I had.” She also spoke of fierceness, appreciating the moment, and “the art of going with the flow.” Then she asked other mamas to chime in.

Others did. I did too and wrote, “Watching my daughters’ emotions change so rapidly has made me aware of, in a deeper way, the fluid nature of my own emotions. That they aren’t always representative of the truth… that they just are. Notice them, accept them, move on.”

Of course, this is not always easy....

| ANNE WILLIAMSON |

My daughter is walking now. Yea! She's also falling now... A LOT. And not soft, little bottom plops. Big, face-plant falls into unkind objects. I hate when she gets hurts, but it's complicated because I'm also proud of why she gets hurt: she's willing to fall.

In the below reflection by Lily Percy, she writes, "Part of living curiously is being open to failure. And part of failure is being willing to be vulnerable."

The thing about kids is they're necessarily vulnerable. They don't have a choice. It's either step forward or forever remain seated. For parents, this can be scary, but more so, if we let it, it's inspiring. What would happen if we each chose, or perhaps accepted, vulnerability? Would it stop holding us back? Would we, like kids, become more willing to fall, to fail, to step forward curiously? In fact, would we begin to see vulnerability as a prerequisite for growth? LEARN, LISTEN, LOVE...

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