World Mental Health Day, on October 10th, is intended to highlight the importance of maintaining good mental health. This is Part 5 in a 10-part series of tips to promote your mental wellbeing.
Is there one among us who has not been broken in some way or at some point in life? The odds are very low indeed. So with a global population of 7.5billion people, we can plausibly suggest that many billions of us have been broken or cracked along our journey through this thing called Life. Although we may have been broken, cracked or damaged, this does not mean we ARE broken, cracked or damaged.
The broken jug when fixed, if missing any little piece, will leak. This suggests that each tiny piece, however insignificant or unpleasant, makes a contribution to the complete product.
Consider a jigsaw: made from a collection of pieces which, individually make very little sense at all. But together, whether the pieces are black or nondescript, beautifully detailed or anything in between, a whole picture forms. The jigsaw is not represented by any single piece. But is the jigsaw complete if even one piece, however plain or ugly, is missing? In its place among all the other pieces, that one piece (so unpleasant on its own) plays a part in The Whole. If you lock away or deny a piece of you which causes you difficulty…? If you refuse to include it in your jigsaw, will it ever be truly complete?
You can learn from your broken pieces; grow from them, and hopefully, with time and commitment, you may make peace with them. We are forged in fire. We are made of stronger stuff: resilient and capable. There is a way to ensure your pieces no longer have the power to define you but instead allowing it to REFINE you.
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