When you put the pieces back together make the vessel stronger

When you put the pieces back together make the vessel stronger

When you put the pieces
back together make the
vessel stronger
Bởi:
Joe Tye
“The work of healing is like finding, sorting, and putting together the pieces of an
ancient pot. The work is often tedious, and some of the slivers may be sharp and
dangerous. The result, if you are patient, is a beautiful object, elegant in form and
function, and elegant in the tales it tells of its creation. If put together carefully, it will
also be watertight and can be filled up with good things.”
Richard A. Moskovitz: Lost in the Mirror
W Mitchell, author of the book It’s Not What Happens to You It’s What You Do About
It, had his face and hands burned off in a fire after his motorcycle was run over by
a truck. After years of painful rehabilitation he built a new life, moved to Colorado,
started a business, ran for mayor of his small town (campaign slogan: not just another
pretty face), and bought an airplane with special controls that he could fly without
use of hands. One day his plane crashed on take-off; his back was broken and he was
paralyzed. And you think you’ve had some bad days!
Mitchell is often asked whether, if he could go back and undo those two accidents and
have his body restored but be the person he would have been had the accidents not
happened, would he do it? His answer is always an unequivocal No. It’s the answer
you almost always hear from people who have endured terrible adversity and emerged
stronger as a result. Like the broken ceramic pot described by Moskovitz, the glued
together parts are perhaps not as physically attractive as the original, but the rebuilt pot
is more beautiful at a deeper level, and is stronger and more functional.
If your world has turned upside down, imagine yourself as a pot that fell from the shelf
and was broken. What are the pieces that need to be reassembled? Your self-esteem?
Your pride? Your balance sheet? Your career? Your relationships? As you reassemble
this pot, how can you make sure that the inevitable scar tissue makes you stronger and

protects you from future blows without making you brittle and insensitive?

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