Surrender to Love

“Genuine transformation requires vulnerability.  It is not the fact of being loved unconditionally that is life changing.  It is the risky experience of allowing myself to be loved unconditionally.

Paradoxically, no one can change until they first accept themselves as they are.  Self-deceptions and an absence of real vulnerability block any meaningful transformation.  It is only when I accept who I am that I dare to show you that self in all its vulnerability and nakedness.  Only then do I have the opportunity to receive your love in a manner that makes a genuine difference.”

David G. Benner, Surrender To Love