Feeling vulnerable is our common denominator. Always was, always will be. But now, increasingly so it seems. Being vulnerable is not a choice. It's part of living. Responding to life situations requires individuals and societies at large to adapt and change. Or to be spurned and lost in the process. For many, this need to adjust – to a hostile environment, uncertain economic shifts, tensions tugging at war and terrorism, extremist politics, racial injustice and religious intolerance, marginalization, spiritual voids, social disconnections, conflicting realities, artificial intelligence, death and divorce – is threatening, because it removes us from the safety nets and security blankets of our personal comfort zones, wherever they may be. We feel vulnerable. Fearful. Hurt. So, we do whatever we can to protect ourselves. For better or worse, we respond and react to these primal threats. Because vulnerability has become a driving force of our lives.