the blessing of a skinned knee

I listened to a TED talk last night about vulnerability, 

and I was struck with the way Brene Brown summarized some of her thoughts on parenting. 

This is the message she encouraged us to say and be for our children: 

"You are imperfect. 

You are hard-wired for struggle,

BUT

you are worthy of love and belonging." 

amen... 

this is indeed the blessing of a skinned knee...