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Kintsugi (金継ぎ)

My Truths

I have a tendency to not talk about things and burying them deep down in my soul. Somehow I worry that what I tell someone would be used against me or they will react negatively to what I tell them. So I keep suppressing these secrets in hopes they will disappear. What I am learning is that they unconsciously manifest into an action, mood or anxiety. Here I plan (more like attempt) on being open with my truths. I must stop being my worst enemy and self destructing everything around me as a defense mechanism.  Today I started with my first truth. My sister recently went to dinner with someone and when I was told about it I flipped out. All I could do is say to my mom is that I hated that MF'er. I never try to hate, so for me to say that one must realize I must have a reason. As a child there was a family member who did something to me. I never told my parents out of fear I would be blamed or looked at differently. For years I hid this from people because I never thought it cou
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Kintsugi (金継ぎ)

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金継ぎ T he Japanese art of kintsugi teaches that broken objects  are not something to hide but to display with pride. The kintsugi technique suggests many things. We shouldn’t throw away broken objects. When an object breaks, it doesn’t mean that it is no more useful. Its breakages can become valuable. We should try to repair things because sometimes in doing so we obtain more valuable objects. This is the essence of resilience. Each of us should look for a way to cope with traumatic events in a positive way, learn from negative experiences, take the best from them and convince ourselves that exactly these experiences make each person unique, precious. In the past few year there have been things that I should have never done, nightmares that I have endured and losses that were unimaginable. I have experienced my soul, mind and heart break into a million little pieces. Within the past several months I have been slowly taking each piece and repairing it to put back in plac
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