7.10.23

Thought

“Kintsugi” is the practice of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered precious metals, celebrating the history and beauty of the object:

...the vicissitudes of existence over time, to which all humans are susceptible, could not be clearer than in the breaks, the knocks, and the shattering to which ceramic ware too is subject. This poignancy or aesthetic of existence has been known in Japan as mono no aware, a compassionate sensitivity, or perhaps identification with, [things] outside oneself.

— Christy Bartlett, Flickwerk: The Aesthetics of Mended Japanese Ceramics

 Quote

Poet Rumi on egoic barriers:

 "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

Intention of the Day

My intention today is to speak with loving kindness to all I encounter.

What is your intention today?

Happy Monday,

Val