Comments on: Kintsugi or the art of resilience https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Thu, 24 May 2018 06:45:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kintsugi – Japanese art form for repairing – Paige Howard https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/#comment-26889 Sat, 07 May 2016 11:42:52 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=4492#comment-26889 […] Kintsugi – Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with a golden lacquer. make the object whole again , shows history of the object. Image found at: https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/ […]

]]> By: vera ersilia https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/#comment-24473 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 02:56:49 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=4492#comment-24473 In reply to expatsincebirth.

Thank you, grazie ugualmente di cuore. V.

]]> By: expatsincebirth https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/#comment-24467 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:44:43 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=4492#comment-24467 In reply to vera ersilia.

Vera, I’m sorry to hear this. Change can be hard to accept, I know. It’s easily said that “there must be a nice side on everything”, especially when that change makes us sad and hurt. When we choose change, we are usually ready for it. When change is imposed by others or by circumstances, we usually are not ready and this is what it makes it so difficult to accept. But we have still the opportunity to grow with that change: we know by experience that we’ve overcome hardships before, we dealt with them and we’re still here. Adapting with change we didn’t choose takes time and a lot of convincing and finding a way to look at our situation in a way that makes it less painful. – I really hope you can find the silver lining (or the golden lining) in your change.
Ti auguro di cuore ogni bene, Vera! xxx

]]> By: vera ersilia https://expatsincebirth.com/2015/09/20/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-resilience/#comment-24466 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 19:31:37 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=4492#comment-24466 This arrives at the right time for me. The latest change in my life came not of my choosing but by force of circumstances. I find it very difficult to adapt. The weight of aging also contributes to my difficulties.
In my life I always loved change, but this time it is doing me in… Thanks for this encouraging post. I shall reflect on it

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