I want to say a profound thank you to an individual in particular today.
I do not know her. Her name is Luisa Luce Campana (also by coincidence she has my own surname 😄)
and she always shares positive and inspirational thoughts.
A couple of days ago, I read something that led me to reflect and not to hold back what
I want to say.
It all starts with a sentence by Lucia Giovannini taken from her book The power of questions.
"In Kinsugi every crack, rather than being hidden, is clearly highlighted and enhanced.
In Japanese culture it is believed that when somethng has suffered an injury and has a history,
it becomes more beautiful."
Luisa writes:
"A vase that falls and shatters.
The pieces are scattered on the floor and we bend over to pick them up,
thinking that by now this object is unrecoverable.
Is it really? Or have we just learned that something even more beautiful cannot
be made out of something shattered?
There is an ancient practice that enhances by filling every fracture with gold
as a sign of a great experience that brings change and wealth.
Does this also happen in our culture? Unfortunately not.
We live in a reality that hides every scar, body and soul.
They teach us to be ashamed of those signs that pass through the body
as a memory of a life experience.
They teach us to hide without showing the traces of suffering and furrows
that cross the soul.
Almost as if life were to be a straight line made of events established at the beginning,
and not an extraordinary experience as it really is.
How would things change if we considered what we call defects, scars, pains,
things impossible to overcome as unique signs of our exclusivity?
What would it be like to change the look of how we observe our life?
Fixing a vase by gluing it with gold is the expression of an exaltation of the unique
value of that object.
we are also UNIQUE.
There never existed and never will exist, a being like us.
This is where our true beauty lies.
When we love each other, when we learn to do it deeply, we fill our body and soul
with gold, light."
The image of the broken vase reminded me of Elder Holland's splendid speech
on depression and mental illness during the October 2013 general conference.
So how do you best respond when mental or emotional challenges confront you
or those you love? Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven,
who loves you more than you can comprehend. (...)
It is there for you when you are sad or happy,discouraged or hopeful.
God's love is there for you whether or not you fell you deserve [it].
It's simply always there. (...)
Trust in God.
Hold on in His love.
Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality
will flee.
Though we may feel we are "like a broke vessel",
as the Psalmist says, we must remember,
that vessel is in the hands of the divine potter.
Today April 26, 2016, the day before Easter, I can only homage to my Heavenly Father
and my Savior who, for having given His life, has given us all the opportunity
to have eternal happyness.
For Him, nobody is a "broken vessel" but each is considered a precious vessel.
Through His wounds now covered with gold He also fills mine.
Thanks!!!!
Eleonora
Ps Here you can find the entire speech by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Photocredit by www.eticamente.net
I've often used that image of a broken vessel mended with gold to explain how God has used my sorrows and griefs to create in my soul something lovely. He has filled in my brokenness with His love, and with precious miracles. Without brokenness I might not have come to know so intimately God's love and sacrifice. I might never have grown to so deeply yearn for God. He has filled me.
RispondiEliminaThank you so much for your precious words. Yes, He fills us with His priceless love. ☺️
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