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the willingness to be hurt is the only door courage ever walks through

means Capable of being wounded, attacked, or emotionally hurt — exposed and open to harm.

from From Latin vulnerare, "to wound," itself from vulnus, "a wound." The word arrived in English in the early 1600s carrying that literal sense of a body that can be pierced. The Latin vulnus may be distantly related to a root meaning "to tear" or "to pluck," though the deeper connections are uncertain. So at its core the word is simply the description of soft flesh and the blade that could find it — long before it ever softened into talk of open hearts.

root word
From Latin vulnus, meaning wound
computing
CVE database lists over 200,000 known software vulnerabilities
biology
Newborn giraffes fall six feet at birth, instantly exposed
research
Brené Brown built a career proving it breeds connection
chess
An exposed king ends the game, not the pawns
for instance

bangladesh garment factories — rana plaza collapse in 2013 killed 1,134 workers, revealing systematic vulnerabilities in supply chain safety

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