How to Beat Vulnerability to the Punch

When we lose our tolerance to be vulnerable, Joy becomes foreboding. What we do in moments of joyfulness is we try to beat vulnerability to the punch. I interviewed a man who told me my whole life that he never got too excited or joyful about anything. That way, if things didn't work out, they wouldn't leave him devastated. And if they did work out, it was a pleasant surprise. We're trying to dress rehearsed tragedy so we can beatulnerability to the punches.