The Japanese practice the art of kintsukuroi by repairing cracked pottery with gold or silver lacquer. The wisdom behind this unusual exercise is to foster an understanding that what is broken is in fact more beautiful simply for having underwent hardship.
More than eight months ago my cousin was involved in a catastrophic car crash. To this very day he is still recovering from its consequences. This included the snapping of his femur which is the strongest bone in the human body.
Fiz, let’s pretend that you were a piece of pottery. That would mean that today you are being reinforced with the earth’s most precious metals. So really, this that you’ve endured makes you more exquisite than you already are.
Imagine if every broken, beaten and battered person was entitled to a share of (non – superficial) gold instead of a sympathy stigma and a mock sigh from society. Imagine if we actually viewed being broken as beautiful because it reflects the process of rising from the ashes after an inferno of affliction.
I’ll tell you something, you are stronger and more beautiful for having been broken. Take no offense that majority of the masses fail to acknowledge the severity of your struggles. After all only the truly gifted can appreciate the essence of your renowned and restored strength.
_Quixotic Novelist
Ps: mayhap pumping you with lacquer is a health hazard, not that, that is necessary when you already possess a heart of gold. Keep shining ☆
Quixotic Novelist 