Kintsugi

Japanese art of repairing with gold is called Kintsugi , or Kintsukuroi , literally golden (“kin”) and repair (“tsugi”). Kintsugi is the process of repairing ceramics traditionally with lacquer and gold, leaving a gold seam where the cracks were. Kintsugi fosters the idea that a broken object can be repaired and be made useful once again. It tells us we can always begin anew despite the past failures. Accepting imperfections helps us to break free from the obsession of perfectionism which causes unnecessary stress and inhibiting creativity and productivity.

Of my fifty-five years on this planet, I've spent well over half of them performing Kintsugi on my body, mind, heart, and soul. By choice, I went through my thirties, forties, and now fifties without an intimate partner in order to freely work on myself. I had a lot of brokenness to repair. 

Now that I have filled my broken pieces with golden love for myself, its time for me to help others to do the same for themselves. As I embark on this next path of my life's journey, I am filled with the wonderment of God's precision, His patience, His wisdom, and His power.

God has never abandoned me. Other imperfect humans just like me have abandoned me.
God has never let me down. Other imperfect humans just like me have let me down.
God has never hurt me. Other imperfect humans just like me have hurt me.
God has always been there to help me with my Kintsugi because no other imperfect human could.

We should all strive to live with pure intentions so we don't give our self or someone else a reason to do Kintsugi on their body, mind, heart, and soul. <3