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Leigh Hurst's avatar

Beautiful perspective 🙏🏻

Alan Seale's avatar

Thank you, Leigh.

Joyce Crowell's avatar

Thank you for the reminder of the gold that was always apparent in your parents’ lives. I lost track of them after they moved from Nashville so I didn’t know them as their health declined but the gold in each of them is always there in my memory.

Alan Seale's avatar

Thank you so much, Joyce. It's rare these days to connect with people who knew my parents well, and it's such a gift. They both were such radiant beings. Enormous gifts in my life yet also for countless others! Thank you for reading and staying connected here.

Cate McQuaid's avatar

This touched me deeply, Alan – I sensed the gold pouring through, like light in my own heart, starting with the mysterious sage's wisdom. Thank you.

Alan Seale's avatar

Thank you, Cate, for this beautiful response.

Johnathon Pape's avatar

This is beautiful, Alan. Thanks for always sharing your gold with us!

Judith Kerssemakers's avatar

So subtly beautiful written. Thank you Alan

Alan Seale's avatar

Thank you so much, Tuutje.

Lidwien Opheij's avatar

Thank you so much Alan… i saw the cracks in my broken vases.. the cracks in my life, my mother in her golden years, my body… so inspiring.. and I see the light of you shining through the cracks, and behind it your parents… what a bless.. what a light… thank you for who you are….

Alan Seale's avatar

Thank you so much, Lidwien. I'm glad to know this essay spoke to you so beautifully.

Jethro Ndhlovu's avatar

Our lives truly are and turn out to be, what we ourselves commit them to be and mean. So why not celebrate ourselves more?

Alan Seale's avatar

Wonderfully said, Jethro. Thank you!

Jethro Ndhlovu's avatar

Thank you Alan.

Jane Marquardt's avatar

Wow, Alan, this is such a powerful image. Thank you. I took a class once in kintsugi. Not being much of an artist, or apparently not having much patience that day, I put the final glue touches on my bowl, and the whole thing broke apart. The instructor took pity on me and came over and fixed it. Not sure what my lesson was - maybe that when you can't fix the broken things, it's OK to reach out for help.