“No palm tree is perfectly shaped, yet we marvel at the beauty with which it stands. No sea shell is perfectly drawn, yet we marvel at the beauty with which it curves. Accept and appreciate yourself as you are today, in your natural state, just like you would a tree in the forest, a flower in the garden, or a seashell by the shore. You are the entirety of you. You are whole. And you are beautiful.” - Omar Itani
What do you do when you accidentally drop a dish and it breaks? Most of us would pick up the pieces, clean up the mess, and throw the pieces away. In the Japanese tradition of Kintsugi, however, we mend broken objects with gold fillings, giving them “golden scars.”
Kintsugi reminds us that there is great beauty in broken things because scars tell a story. They demonstrate fortitude, wisdom, and resilience, earned over a lifetime. These golden scars or imperfections are meant to be celebrated!
There will be many times in our lives when we will feel broken. There will be events that will leave us with emotional or physical scars. Do not dim your light with the darkness of a cloud. Instead, let those scars be redrawn with golden energy.
Embrace the concept of Kintsugi—that broken objects are not to be hidden, they are to be displayed with pride—and begin to realize how we are dissolving that image of perfection, and replacing it with a new divine concept of beauty: The journey that has made you your unique self.
Love & light
Jeanne and John Adams