FILL THE CRACKS WITH GOLD!
A friend of this page named Marianne shared this beautiful essay from ElephantJournal.com about the traditional Japanese practice of repairing broken, priceless porcelain by filling the cracks with gold — thus transforming the plate from something shattered to something even more valuable, more magnificent (while not pretending the breaks did not occur.)
For obvious reasons of rich and pertinent metaphor, I love this.
Take a look, be inspired, mend yourself together with gold:
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Kintsugi as Yoga: Filling the Cracks with Gold. ~ Zo Newell
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My ideal student is someone who is irreparably altered, broken by life’s experiences and yet yearning for transcendence. I understand yoga, not as asana (
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Liz's Summer Reading List, continued…
Dear Ones —
Do you know this beautiful, simple, rich, delightful tale?
THE SUMMER BOOK, by the great Tove Jansson (whom some of you may know from the Moomin series of children's books). An elegiac, tender, wise, and un-sugary piece of lovely nostalgia. A slim novel based upon the author's childhood summers on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland, where her character was shaped by the weather, by her grandmother, by the sea. (THERE IS EVEN MOSS IN THIS BOOK!)
This is the rare book written about childhood by an adult who seems to actually remember what childhood is really and truly like.
I adore it.
Read it this summer, next to your favorite body of water…
🙂
LG
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I just found another photo from my EAT PRAY LOVE travels ten years ago…this picture was taken at the Ashram in India, with some friends from the floor-scrubbing crew. Standing just behind me, over my left shoulder, is Richard From Texas, whom I miss and love every day. (Some of you may not know, but Richard passed away in 2010, exiting peacefully in his sleep from a heart attack.)
Rest in Peace, Richard, and thank you for your singular wisdom and grace. And thank you for your humor. God, how I miss that humor.
I think Richard would've like to hear me say this (and better still, he would have liked to hear me KNOW this) so I'll say it…
I was pondering yesterday why I am enjoying getting older so very much. I think it's because of this fact: That unless you are making a sincere effort to wake up early every single morning and work hard at staying stupid, then you are probably — just by sheer default — getting smarter as you age. (Because seriously — you've gotta REALLY not be paying attention to life, to not be getting even a little bit more wise as you go along.) All that I have ever wanted and longed for was to be wiser, smarter, more clear, more peaceful, more expansive, more prepared for life. The years are bringing that intelligence, my dears…the years are bringing it at last. (And not a moment too soon, may I add.) I look forward to all that I have yet to learn. I plan to keep paying attention, and to let it all in. Stronger by the year, better by the day. It's awesome.
ONWARD,
LG
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Wow…THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS reaches Egypt!
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LOVE your books ! They're like reflections of the human mind…Greetings from Egypt 🙂 hoping to meet you some day.
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS on a beautiful lazy beach day in South Carolina…so lovely!
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From the sunny shores of South Carolina, I am loving getting to know Alma. Thank you for such a beautiful book. 🙂
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