Vulnerability empowers the Mind
While you are accepting of yourself at your most vulnerable moments, you are able to find yourself and better cope. Coping with anything can be a long grievance that mentally and physically drains you. By finding outlets for yourself and putting determination to the test, it can be a complete turn around, impacting your life through many ways unexpected. Discovering that extra ounce of willpower, establishing your strength of character, and finding your purposefulness helps you bring to light the entirety of acceptance toward yourself. Empowering the mind, body and soul helps relieve your vulnerability. Throughout the excerpt, “What Kind of Woman Are You” Cheryl Strayed exemplifies her trek along the Pacific Crest Trail alone, attempting to put her determination to the test as an outlet for trying to overcome the loss of her mother and a recent divorce. Strayed encounters many hindrances such as lacerations and injuries of all sorts while making this life altering expedition. Strayed describes her emotions while comparing them to nature: “I realized I was having a kind of strange, abstract, retrospective fun. In moments among my various agonies, I noticed the beauty that surrounded me, the wonder of things both small and large” (105). Despite numerous mishaps, Strayed seems to be enlightened by the simplicity of …show more content…
Strayed takes her grief and uses it as fuel to endure this intense expedition of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Both Strayed and I made a brave decision to try something new, stepping out of our comfort zones, pushing ourselves, and making ourselves stronger. We both remained persistent throughout our journeys. In moments of distress, Strayed remained calm and didn’t give into fear, setting an example for us all, vulnerability empowers the
While you are accepting of yourself at your most vulnerable moments, you are able to find yourself and better cope. Coping with anything can be a long grievance that mentally and physically drains you. By finding outlets for yourself and putting determination to the test, it can be a complete turn around, impacting your life through many ways unexpected. Discovering that extra ounce of willpower, establishing your strength of character, and finding your purposefulness helps you bring to light the entirety of acceptance toward yourself. Empowering the mind, body and soul helps relieve your vulnerability. Throughout the excerpt, “What Kind of Woman Are You” Cheryl Strayed exemplifies her trek along the Pacific Crest Trail alone, attempting to put her determination to the test as an outlet for trying to overcome the loss of her mother and a recent divorce. Strayed encounters many hindrances such as lacerations and injuries of all sorts while making this life altering expedition. Strayed describes her emotions while comparing them to nature: “I realized I was having a kind of strange, abstract, retrospective fun. In moments among my various agonies, I noticed the beauty that surrounded me, the wonder of things both small and large” (105). Despite numerous mishaps, Strayed seems to be enlightened by the simplicity of …show more content…
Strayed takes her grief and uses it as fuel to endure this intense expedition of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Both Strayed and I made a brave decision to try something new, stepping out of our comfort zones, pushing ourselves, and making ourselves stronger. We both remained persistent throughout our journeys. In moments of distress, Strayed remained calm and didn’t give into fear, setting an example for us all, vulnerability empowers the