Brené Brown interview

A man once told me, "My whole life, I never got too excited about anything. That way if things didn't work out, I wasn't devastated, and if they did, it was a pleasant surprise." And when this man was in his 60s, his wife of 40 years was killed in a car accident. He told me, "The second I realized she was gone, I knew I should have leaned harder into those moments of joy. Because not doing so did not protect me from what I feel now." It's like we're trying to dress-rehearse tragedy so we can beat vulnerability to the punch.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Brene-Bro...The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are