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Brokenness is part of the human nature.\u00a0 We feel, we ache, we bleed.\u00a0 It is inevitable that we will break and hurt from time to time.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, this world is not always kind or gentle with us.\u00a0 As mental health practitioners, we see that first hand.\u00a0 It is our job to gather the broken pieces from our clients and try to make sense of it all and salvage what can be saved, so we can help put them back together.\u00a0 The brokenness can never be undone, but that doesn\u2019t mean these individuals can\u2019t be beautiful.<\/div>\n
Our world often looks at brokenness as a testimony of weakness, as if we should be trees that are able to bend under the weight of hurricane winds and bounce back fully upright, resist all fires unscathed, or be immune to all the destructive forces of this world.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t work that way.\u00a0 We are all scarred.\u00a0 We all suffer wounds.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t make us weak or hopeless.\u00a0 Rather, it is a testament to our strength and resilience that we survive and carry on.\u00a0 This is a lesson we strive to teach our clients, and perhaps one we struggle to live up to ourselves.<\/div>\n
The brokenness we find within speak of a resilience that carried them through life\u2019s abuse.\u00a0 A strength that kept them from falling apart, even when the world around them was crumbling and they feared they would crumble with it.\u00a0 An ability to love that was able to let go of injustices suffered and hold on to their humanity.<\/div>\n
Every individual\u2019s broken pieces carry several lessons to learn and live by.\u00a0 The one whose heart was broken by infidelity will value fidelity all-the-more and may be less likely to take a good relationship for granted.\u00a0 The one who had to leave a good job because of a bullying situation will be more compassionate towards those being targeted by other forms of bullying, and will be more mindful of the type of work environment they choose to commit to in the future.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not kid ourselves, though.\u00a0 Though these broken pieces hold the potential for a better future, the wounds are real and often give rise to anger and mistrust.\u00a0 It is easier said than done and requires a lot of work to move passed the wound-licking stage.<\/div>\n
The art of counselling and psychotherapy is to put those pieces back together into a new, beautiful and wholesome work of art, not unlike the Japanese art of Kintsugi.\u00a0 Kintsugi is an art where one glues the broken pieces of a broken vessel with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.\u00a0 As a result, the broken pieces are framed and held together by veining of precious colors, resulting in a mesmerizing masterpiece.<\/div>\n
To be empowered means that we can see not only others in this light of mended vessels, but ourselves as well.\u00a0 The one person that is most difficult to see in this light is, in my personal and professional opinion, our selves.\u00a0 Am I ashamed of my broken pieces or do I see myself as a whole and intact vessel that suffered and grew from the shattering experiences life threw at me?\u00a0 Do my eyes see my mistakes as opportunities to learn valuable lessons I would not have learned otherwise?<\/div>\n
As Nobuo Suzuki says in his book \u201cWabi Sabi\u201d, the first lesson of Kintsugi teaches us is that \u201cscars are not to be hidden \u2013 they are part of our story\u201d.\u00a0 Next time you see what seems like brokenness in someone, maybe even yourself, be curious.\u00a0 What do those broken pieces say about your story or theirs?\u00a0 What can be learned from them?\u00a0 The answer to that question may surprise you.<\/div>\n
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