What is missing is what is lovable

Hello, I am Maru.

Through my experience of changing from being super negative, I share the secrets to living comfortably and how to embrace your true self.

In Japan, there is a traditional technique called "Kintsugi".

It is a technique where chipped or cracked ceramics are repaired with lacquer, a natural adhesive, and then decorated with gold powder or similar materials.

I once saw on TV that people from other countries who learned about this were actually experiencing Kintsugi, and it is not about fixing the broken parts to be perfectly clean again.

It is said that they make the most of that form to regenerate it into something even more beautiful.

Watching that, I remember being moved by how amazing our ancestors were.

"Scratches and chips cannot be restored to their original state." "Broken things have no value."

That is the same for both vessels and people.

That is what I used to think.

When you lose something important due to illness or disaster, or when you make an irreversible mistake, you sometimes feel like you are missing something, don't you?

When you count what you have lost, it feels like you have no value at all.

However, our ancestors were able to regenerate broken things into something more beautiful by adding their touch to them.

In fact, it is beautiful because it has scars.

Every time I learn about this traditional technique that makes me think that way, I have come to think, "I will cherish myself more."

I used to feel that being incomplete was a bad thing, but being incomplete is also wonderful, and perhaps it is interesting precisely because it is incomplete.

If we have inherited the DNA of our ancestors, we should be able to find new meaning in the parts that are missing.

There might be things you can do precisely because you are missing something.

"What can I do to become even better?" If you can ask yourself that, I am sure you will get a different answer than before.

Being incomplete is not bad. So, let's enjoy being incomplete. Believing that I will become a more wonderful version of myself than yesterday.

That is what Maru thinks.

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