Day 42 | Week 12: Kintsugi

Kintsugi 金継ぎ -- Roughly translated means “the art of golden repair.” When pottery breaks, instead of discarding it, an artisan repairs it with gold, thereby not only restoring it to its original value, but actually increasing its value.  The repair is not hidden; it’s highlighted.

- Samuel Lee

Day 41 | Week 12: Let Go and Let God

"To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So is to trust that something will happen to us that is far beyond our imaginings. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life, trusting that God molds us according to God's love and not according to our fear. The spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, trusting that new things will happen to us, new things that are far beyond our own imagination, fantasy, or prediction. That, indeed, is a very radical stance toward life in a world preoccupied with control."

- Henri Nouwen

Day 40 | Week 12: I Know

I said, “God, I hurt.”
And God said, “I know.”

I said, “God, I cry a lot.”
And God said, “That is why I gave you tears.”

I said, “God, I am so depressed.”
And God said, “That is why I gave you Sunshine.”

I said, “God, life is so hard.”
And God said, “That is why I gave you loved ones.”

I said, “God, my loved one died.”
And God said, “So did mine.”

I said, “God, it is such a loss.”
And God said, “I saw mine nailed to a cross.”

I said, “But God, your Loved One lives.”
And God said, “So does yours.”

I said, “God, where are they now?”

And God said,
“Mine is on my right and yours is in the Light.”
I said, “God, it hurts.”

And God said, “I know.”