Ever since I can remember I was always looking to fill a void that I feel all of us harbor in ourselves deep down; a void that seems like a black hole. A void that cannot be filled by just material things, but something that has to be something that heals us, makes us whole again.

"Fake it until you make it," - isn't that what they always say? And it works for a while, it makes you happy and proud of what others think and it really pays off. But is that what we as broken humans living on a broken planet truly need?

I have long thought about the depth of this idea and how much people are just faking happiness or success or whatever it is that they feel like they need or want the world to perceive them as. Something that they can be proud of, even though it may be an absolute mask. A mask covering up scars and pain that can be traced back to the beginning of their family tree.

But I've been thinking, and a revolutionary idea popped into my head. I watched a TED talk on "The Power of Vulnerability" by Brené Brown and she talks about the fact that we all have this fear of showing our true selves to others because we are so afraid of that totally rendering our ability to connect with others extinct.

You see, when we put those fake smiles on and we pretend to be OK, we are picking out the feelings that we want others to see in us. We pick and choose and we bottle up the feelings that we think others won't like.

"I won't show her that I really don't have my life together because I want her to be impressed, I want her to be surprised at how good I'm doing in my life."

And on it goes, we put up walls to close us in and shut people out. We numb the pain that makes us human. We hold back that tear with a determined fervor that screams "I'M NOT WEAK!"

But the revolution here comes in one way and one way only. What we don't really take into consideration is that every one of us has some kind of insecurity. Something that we aren't proud of, some skeleton in the closet that just won't seem to go away. Something that we would never want anyone knowing about. We're all messed up, we're all caught up in this big long line of mistake-making human beings that have hurt us and put us to shame or made us feel like we aren't worthy. And why? Because, they too, are scared to death that by actually being bare and out in the open can totally ruin their reputation that they have worked so hard and for so long to build.

Vulnerability has the power to revolutionize our world, to create bonds with people. Putting yourself out there on the line and giving without knowing that you'll get back. And once you do this, you will start to understand that everyone has problems, everyone has insecurities.

Once we admit to our own faults we, in turn, start to see that we're not the only ones searching for love. We're not the only ones that have a void inside of us. We're not the only ones that feel a need to be worthy of something or someone.

And the best way to understand that you're not just going through this by yourself? It's to talk about it, it's letting others know that this is something that you deal with. It's about me telling people that I used to want to kill myself, it's about telling people that I go through depression even still.

And so, as you go into the scary world of unknowns, and when you look at all the people around you, think of them as people just like you. Each one with struggles and failures that they want to hide. But once you show them that you're not perfect, they'll be able to show the world their vulnerability by your example and if this spread we could create a world where everyone came together as one and realized that no matter what skin color or race or sexual orient, that we all have hopes and dreams and fears and failure.

We all are human. Show someone you are too. Show someone that despite all your mistakes, you still have the power to love. And once you love, that love will come back. I guarantee it.