“Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything”
– Anthem by Leonard Cohen
Often mentioned as an acceptance of imperfection, this sentiment lends itself perfectly to understanding recovery from addiction and learning to accept the past and our imperfections. Childhood Friends the poem by the Sufi poet Rumi contains not just similar lines, but other examples that can be understood in terms of recovery, “don’t believe for a moment that you are healing yourself”, reflects the help we all need.
Tommy Rosen posted this short article on Thrive Global about Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery, a little while ago. The technique adds value to the piece, we are more valuable as we recover. Accepting imperfection and letting go validated in so many ways.
Read Tommy’s piece here
