on a nit-picky note, golfgirl, are we not always vulnerable? Fear does not make us so, nor the lack of it protect us from it. Fear is a warning device that exists because we are vulnerable.
DBB - I dont believe we are "always" vulnerable. Once we accept the source of love, and recognize that it is also the absence of fear, then in love we become enabled, renewed, valiant, successful, motivated, productive, hopeful, open to possibilities.
We can only be brave in the face of our fears...courage isnt doing what needs to be done ignoring the fear, but in spite of it. Overcoming our fears is the greatest learning we can all experience.