I was watching Ted Lasso this week and heard a word that I loved: Kintsugi.

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that by embracing flaws, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art.

It’s a 400-year-old technique that highlights the "scars" as a part of the design. The idea is that breakage and repair is part of the history of an object; rather than something to disguise — aka “golden repair.”

This resonated. Our imperfections are just strands of beauty. When stepping back, they can make something lovely.