FILL THE CRACKS WITH GOLD! A friend of this page named Marianne shared this bea…

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:

Elizabeth Gilbert - The Official Website | ElizabethGilbert.com.