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but isnt even just the word based an implicit understanding that the things you do are in service of eliciting a positive reaction? instead of calling ourselves virtuous or finding some sense of validation from within, we call ourselves reflexively by the exclamation that someone makes when they see something they approve of. by definition, being vulnerable is the ability to discard with appearances and dredge up the authentic feelings from within without pretext or presupposition of judgements.