It is our vulnerability, not our competence, that makes us accessible to the world.
...another unexpected gift from suffering or struggle in our lives.
Many people would disagree with this, mostly the competent. I disagreed with this notion for the longest time myself. But, the competent seem to largely only gather those like them around themselves. They form a nearly undetectable alliance that keeps them together, the rest mostly just feel distanced by them...separated, if you will. The myth is that people will like me or will want to be like me, IF I'm competent. The reality seems to be that they just keep their distance.
I tend to be competent or, at least, viewed that way. My wife and I were more than surprised by the people who reached out to us (who felt they could do so) when we went we've gone through periods when we don't appear to have it all together...job loss, etc. I suspect it was, in part, because we seemed more like others during those times...vulnerable.
Mother Teresa didn't act primarily out of her 'competence', did she (even if she was good at it)? Jesus didn't relate out of his 'competence'...or out of something else?
