Courage: to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart

This TED talk was sent my way this week and I have been resonating with some of its messages this morning:

I love what she says about courage:

Have the courage to be imperfect

When we recognize and accept and are okay our own imperfections, and are kind to ourselves, it opens us up to be kind and compassionate to others and to have connection. The only way to truly have connection is to believe that we are worthy of that kind of love and connection and to accept vulnerability as a beautiful part of life. Man oh man. Her ending thoughts are slowly becoming my new mantra on living.

• let ourselves be seen - deeply seen, vulnerably seen.
• love with our whole hearts even through there is no guarantee
• practice gratitude and joy - to be vulnerable means i’m alive
• believe that i am enough

Doesn't this just seem like such a healthy and happy way to live?