Brene Brown in Oprah magazine June 2013 page 160
Brene: So what is that? It's when we lose our tolerance for vulnerability. It's when joy becomes foreboding. we think, I'm not gonna soften this moment because I'm scared its going to be taken away. Yesterday, I was on the plane getting ready to come here, and we got halfway down the runway and had to turn back. I called Steve and said, "Let me tell you something. I know, because I'm fixin' to meet Oprah, that I'm gonna die."
This is how I live my life.