tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post4729303650810122439..comments2024-03-28T19:02:37.054+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Beauty in brokenness by Sue Irving 14th February 2016auntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-66590695095389423692016-02-16T13:35:10.073+00:002016-02-16T13:35:10.073+00:00That's beautiful, Veronica! Would you mind if ...That's beautiful, Veronica! Would you mind if I copied it into my journal?Fiona Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803986871462903904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-79704611869574703372016-02-16T12:19:40.436+00:002016-02-16T12:19:40.436+00:00I recently wrote a poem about this. Willing to sha...I recently wrote a poem about this. Willing to share it here, but please don't reproduce it anywhere else without my permission.<br /><br />Kintsukuroi*<br /><br />Your fingers lover-tender<br />and yet untrembling,<br />I feel you lift each splintered shard,<br />turn it over and round, thinking;<br /><br />now into your furnace hotter than shame<br />you feed the metal, ready to lose<br />all its dark flaws, to be refined;<br />then let it cool to human touch.<br /><br />careful and slow, you paint the liquid gold<br />between each fragment, till the whole is re-made<br />- scarred, yet much more beautiful<br />than it ever aspired to be.<br /><br />I knew you were a potter<br />but not this<br /><br />VZ/11/15Veronica Zundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248292370623296757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-29055548739854204532016-02-15T09:48:12.036+00:002016-02-15T09:48:12.036+00:00This really helped me. Thank you, SueThis really helped me. Thank you, SueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862538203370561790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-80489205642326677932016-02-14T21:51:45.680+00:002016-02-14T21:51:45.680+00:00It's a challenge to be honest about our strugg...It's a challenge to be honest about our struggles because we believe the lie that people will look down on us. As you say, conversely. honesty breeds trust and openness. A lovely analogy. Thank you.Deborah Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156120348177986321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-13809815602412208082016-02-14T16:35:34.098+00:002016-02-14T16:35:34.098+00:00I think this is a really important message. So oft...I think this is a really important message. So often we attempt to paper over the cracks in our lives, instead of allowing God to use our vulnerabilities to help others. Thanks, Sue.Fiona Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803986871462903904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-78716348310335708782016-02-14T09:43:29.410+00:002016-02-14T09:43:29.410+00:00Brilliant post. I discovered Kintsugi a year or tw...Brilliant post. I discovered Kintsugi a year or two ago and have never attempted to actually do it but the lessons it gives about beauty in brokenness is wonderful. Thank you for this much needed reminder today. Bless youLynda Alsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12260944221255162533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-58054251417197026702016-02-14T08:27:41.583+00:002016-02-14T08:27:41.583+00:00Thanks for this very honest post. Something I need...Thanks for this very honest post. Something I needed to hear this morning Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com