“In Japanese culture there is an art of fixing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. The lacquer highlights the pottery’s flaw as a celebrated part of its history. Because the piece has been salvaged and repaired, pulled back from… — Kim Dinan Copy Share
“In Japanese culture there is an art of fixing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. The lacquer highlights the pottery’s flaw as a celebrated part of its history. Because the piece has been salvaged and repaired, pulled back from the edge of destruction, it is considered even more beautiful for having been broken. We’d been broken. And then we’d… — Kim Dinan Copy Share
“I’d lived a lot of years walking down the wrong roads, and those days had compacted like the folds of an accordion, into an inch of time. Now everything expanded. My life was wailing like a beautiful prayer, the moments stretching into hours, the days to years. I could see now that it was possible to live a long life… — Kim Dinan Copy Share
“That was the irony of travel. The bigger the distance between you and the familiar grew, the smaller and safer and friendlier the world… — Kim Dinan Copy Share Image
“The world had come to my aid and shown me that I could be so much more if I let my guard down and… — Kim Dinan Copy Share Image
“Of course, I knew there were plenty of good reasons to stay. But I’d spent my entire life staying. I wanted to be the… — Kim Dinan Copy Share Image
“My first advice is to take a minute and either with Brian or by yourself truly identify those reasons that you two are no… — Kim Dinan Copy Share Image
“Everything changed for me when I realized that the only person I could control was myself. I can’t control what people do, only how… — Kim Dinan Copy Share Image
