> Lay your weapons down
> And I'll take my armor off
> Say what we need to say
> ...
> -- [Ilse DeLange/Lay Your Weapons Down](https://youtu.be/91SFHNbr_Po)

Vulnerability. We need more of this in today's world. In relationships, politics and in discussions. It's difficult to hear each other through the fortresses and armours we tend to build around ourselves - just to soothe the pain inside.

It takes confidence to be vulnerable.

And conversely, it is mostly insecurity and fear which leads to building walls around oneself.