Vulnerability, an option maybe

Every Christmas Eve my dad's side of the family as of late we've had a tradition. The tradition is we go over my dad's house, eat dinner and all of us get to open presents. After all of that, we usually hang out, talk and have a merry ole time. But, last year on Christmas Eve, after we had our dinner, my sister decided to play a game and of course we said yes. I don't think anybody wanted to be a bad sport. I don't know the name of the game, but the concept is, it has two sides, one side has serious questions, and the other side has less serious questions and of course we had the side of serious questions and then we had to discuss the topics.  I love my sister's enthusiasm (bless her little heart) but those topics on the card made us release most of our emotions and then we got slightly off topic, the conversations got even deeper. 

    At this point, I didn't want to be vulnerable especially since it was the holiday season even though there are sad moments during the season. I wasn't forced to play the game but at the same time, I didn't want to be the odd ball (maybe that's the wrong phrase). When I want to be vulnerable to my emotions, I'll take those steps. For people who read my past posts, being vulnerable is okay with me and eventually I become more mindful of my emotions and habits. Being vulnerable is your choice and it's also your choice if you want to share that vulnerability with others.