If it’s broke, fix it.
If it’s broke, fix it.
This little piece of wood has been missing from this doorframe for a decade, if not more. I think there once was a lock here. Maybe? Regardless, in this season focused on renewal, I finally noticed it enough to want to fix it. This is not the finished result, but it’s a start toward making it whole once again.
And it got me thinking. How often do we ignore the broken parts in ourselves? How long do we go on living with pieces of ourselves missing before we start to rebuild? It’s as if we’re pretending that ignoring them makes them not real.
Then it got me thinking more. How often do we ignore the broken parts in our relationships? How long do we go on living within broken relationships before we start to repair or release them? It’s as if we’re pretending that we have no responsibility to take action.
Then I knew. This mended piece of wood. It turns out, it’s not actually about the wood. It’s a call to action. To fix everything broken that can be fixed. In myself. In my relationships. In my world. I am responsible. And I have a feeling I can create healing.
This little piece of wood has been missing from this doorframe for a decade, if not more. I think there once was a lock here. Maybe? Regardless, in this season focused on renewal, I finally noticed it enough to want to fix it. This is not the finished result, but it’s a start toward making it whole once again.
And it got me thinking. How often do we ignore the broken parts in ourselves? How long do we go on living with pieces of ourselves missing before we start to rebuild? It’s as if we’re pretending that ignoring them makes them not real.
Then it got me thinking more. How often do we ignore the broken parts in our relationships? How long do we go on living within broken relationships before we start to repair or release them? It’s as if we’re pretending that we have no responsibility to take action.
Then I knew. This mended piece of wood. It turns out, it’s not actually about the wood. It’s a call to action. To fix everything broken that can be fixed. In myself. In my relationships. In my world. I am responsible. And I have a feeling I can create healing.